Autism-Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7890
ISSN: 2165-7890
Department of Autism Treatment Center, Institute of Tutti Giu Per Terra Onlus, via Domenico Silveri 30, Rome, Italy
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An Ecological Approach to Autism
Author(s): Fabiana Sonnino*, Consuelo Granatelli, Marta Zargar, Mara Catena, Francesca Lattanzi, Silvia Nazzicone, Christian Settimi, Mariarita Capellupo, Sonia Petruzzi and Desiree Bosi
We propose a description of the ecological approach in relation to autism with the ultimate aim of seeking, through a
structured pedagogical process declined on several scientifically proven methods, a new way of understanding the
values of the individual and the community that takes into accounts the specificity of each. The focus of the article
can be traced to the importance of experiencing nature and contact with it through activities that go to reinforce the
concepts of biodiversity and neurodiversity, considered an extension of biodiversity, and at the same time to trace a
therapeutic path understood here as a life path... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2165-7890.23.13.360