Desafios de mães de autistas em conciliar trabalho formal e cuidados com os filhos em Fortaleza/CE

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the difficulties that mothers of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) face in reconciling formal work and childcare. Through a qualitative, bibliographical, documental and field study, having as subjects: mothers of children with ASD, in which they answered a semi-structured questionnaire with questions that corresponded to the proposed objectives. The specific objectives sought to analyze the social and legislative changes that favored the parents of children with ASD with regard to the labor market and their social relationships and to show their experiences from the speeches of the mothers of autistic children. The research results revealed that the path of struggle of people with disabilities was long to ensure their place in society, public policies aimed at these individuals, through the authors used here we understand autism and its particularities, and through the analysis of the speeches of the interlocutors revealed the impact of the autism diagnosis for families, as an influence on stress, in the daily lives of these individuals, in their profession and in their relationships. A highlight for the few, mothers who, despite taking on all the burden, after the children's father abandons them, strive to take care of the children and at the same time ensure the livelihood of the home, their reports on the impact of the discovery of the diagnosis and the living with autism.