O uso das artes marciais como ferramenta terapêutica através da psicomotricidade para crianças autistas

Abstract

The current study aims to observe, through bibliographic research as a methodology, in the analysis of science-based articles, how martial arts can be used as a therapeutic tool for children diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, through the perspective of psychomotricity, their psychomotor, cognitive and conditioning skills. Martial arts are often prejudiced in school environments and in environments where the target audience is children, as well as autistic children are often prejudiced through empowering treatments. Martial arts have become a strong therapeutic tool to contribute to the therapeutic treatment of autistic children, who have support according to their particularities in neurological development, with the benefits of psychomotricity for the development of autistic children emerging, in view of that Psychomotricity simultaneously works the psychomotor, affective and social spheres, and consequently, the possibility of martial arts being used for such purposes, since they also work in such spheres.