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Integração comunitária e auto-determinação num adulto com síndrome de asperger
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A integração comunitária e a auto-determinação são temas largamente abordados na área da Saúde Mental Comunitária. Existe a preocupação com a valorização do indivíduo, com a igualdade de oportunidades e com o direito ao envolvimento social, procurando promover-se o empowerment das pessoas, inclusive dos indivíduos com perturbações do desenvolvimento. Construiu-se, assim, uma narrativa biográfica de um adulto, de 39 anos, do sexo masculino, com Síndrome de Asperger. Procurámos, assim, perceber até que ponto está integrado na comunidade e é auto-determinado, com base num modelo ecológico. Para recolha de informação, utilizou-se o método auto-biográfico BNIM (Wengraf, 2009), incluindo duas entrevistas (três sub-sessões) realizadas ao participante. A metodologia permitiu-nos perceber que, embora um adulto com Síndrome de Asperger possa desempenhar um papel socialmente activo e reunir características de auto-determinação, os sistemas de suporte comunitário são essenciais para que possa possuir um grau significativo de empowerment na sua vida.
ABSTRACT: Community integration and self-determination are widely discussed topics in the area of Mental Health Community. There is the concern with the appreciation of the individual, the equal opportunities and the right to social involvement, trying to promote the empowerment of individuals, including individuals with disorders of development. It was created, therefore, a biographic narrative of an adult of 39 years old, male, with Asperger Syndrome. Thus, we intended to understand till what point he is integrated in the community and self-determinate, based on an ecological model. To collect information, we used the auto-biographical method BNIM (Wengraf, 2009), including two interviews (three sub-sessions) made to the participant. The methodology helped us to understand that, although an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome may play a role in society and combine a set of self-determination characteristics, community support systems are essential to allow him to have a significant level of empowerment in his life.
ABSTRACT: Community integration and self-determination are widely discussed topics in the area of Mental Health Community. There is the concern with the appreciation of the individual, the equal opportunities and the right to social involvement, trying to promote the empowerment of individuals, including individuals with disorders of development. It was created, therefore, a biographic narrative of an adult of 39 years old, male, with Asperger Syndrome. Thus, we intended to understand till what point he is integrated in the community and self-determinate, based on an ecological model. To collect information, we used the auto-biographical method BNIM (Wengraf, 2009), including two interviews (three sub-sessions) made to the participant. The methodology helped us to understand that, although an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome may play a role in society and combine a set of self-determination characteristics, community support systems are essential to allow him to have a significant level of empowerment in his life.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada
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Integração comunitária Auto-determinação Modelo ecológico de auto-determinação Síndrome de asperger Adulto Community integration Self-determination Ecological model of self-determination Asperger syndrome Adult