A multidisciplinary approach to working with autistic children

Abstract

AbstractSeparate disciplines in isolation are unlikely to succeed with the complex condition known as autism: each discipline can provide only a partial answer to the many questions this condition raises. This paper will try and draw on the disciplines involved in treating autism, as well as analysing how they interact synchronically and diachronically. A new multidisciplinary epistemology is needed to develop a shared project to work for children with autism. It defines common goals and a common language based on knowledge and sharing of state of the art, on technical contents and methodologies, on procedures and on ethical principles. All this must be a consistent approach throughout the various settings and stages of the autistic child’s life.