A utilização dos benefícios das políticas públicas de atendimento aos autistas no estado do Amazonas

Abstract

The present work aimed to observe, understand, analyze and present the use of public services provided to the Autism Spectrum Disorder-ASD group within the State of Amazonas in the city of Manaus. This is a field research, narrative type, descriptive and with a qualitative approach. The survey data is secondary and primary sources, carried out through information collected in the database academic data and field research, with people who had some responsibility for people with autism and the autistic person, carried out through a questionnaire with open and closed questions. Regarding field research, there were limitations related to the data collected, around 141 people were reached, in the However, of this number of people, many were not legal guardians of the autistic person. The focus of the research focused on rights for people with ASD and other disabilities, originating specific legislation of the State of Amazonas, being: access to the identification card for autistic people, exemption from IPVA, free and half-price admission to parks and leisure areas in the general, exemption from collective public transport and the right to reduced working hours for those who have a child or dependent with autism. Through this research, it was identified the lack of more comprehensive disclosure, as few know about these rights, resulting in a lack of information within society. Furthermore, it was observed the need to expand and create new public policies in these sectors to better meet the needs of the TEA group.