Narrativa autobiográfica de uma mulher autista até sua formação como professora de Biologia

Abstract

With the advance of public policies centered on the education and professional career of Disabled People and people on the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it has become notable the constant increase on the presence of this public with different bio, psycho and sociological profiles on Higher Education Institutions and within the teaching career. With this in mind, this work is developed in such way to present, in chronological order, the academic trajectory and the teaching experiences of a woman with ASD in a undergraduate course in a public university and on the regular schools of the public system of education, taking account of her late diagnosis of autism and what it implies on her adult life. Therefore, this research follows a qualitative approach with an autobiographical typology, where the personal story of the researcher is the central object of research, in which memories, external reports, photographs and documents are used as a source for the analysis of the social, psychological and educational issues this object of research fits in. In this regard, the report of this research evidences that the lived experiences of the autistic person in higher education spaces deserves thought, as well as their experiences within the teaching environment, with the intention of bringing light to new perspectives of social inclusion and special education training for teachers.