The Importance of Physical Activities and the Teacher-Student Relationship for the Autistic Student Development

Elizabeth Rodrigues de Oliveira Pereira1 , Edicléa Mascarenhas Fernandes1, Franklin José Pereira2

(1. UERJ/FEBF, Brazil; 2. Universid del Norte, Brazil)

Abstract: The present work deals with the performance and commitment related to the binomial Sport and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) from the view concerning the difficulties of the person who lives with this type of disability and the implications arising from its insertion in the social sphere, considering the school as the ideal place to evaluate its pedagogical activities. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the year 1948 in its article 1, serves to demonstrate the ideal of life and way of action, by stating that “all men are born free and equal in dignitie and rights. According to Federal Constitution of 1988, in its article 5, “all are equal before the law”, supported by the legality of the concepts, the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education, promulgated on December 20, 1996 and supported by the National Curriculum Parameters — NCP — of Physical Education, which bring a proposal of democratization, humanization and diversification of pedagogical practice. It is understood that sports practices recommended and taught by qualified professionals, will provide people with moments of energy, leisure and ability to relate, which will gradually build the individual with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) physical, cognitive and psychic maturation.

Key words: ASD, physical education, sports practices, inclusive special education