Brava: EMAEI holds lecture to sensitize society about autism and prevent prejudice

Today, at Eugénio Tavares Secondary School (ESET), the Multidisciplinary Support Team for Inclusive Education (EMAEI) on Brava is holding a lecture on Autism, with the aim of raising awareness in society.

This information was provided to Inforpress by the coordinator of EMAEI, Edoneia Teixeira, explaining that this lecture was included in a set of awareness-raising activities on Autism that began on the 2nd of April to mark the World Autism Day.

According to the same source, this lecture aims to “inform people about Autism, but also work on raising awareness to prevent the prejudice to which autistic people are subject”.

In addition to these aspects, he stressed that other issues will be addressed, namely the characteristics of autism and the levels of treatment.

At Brava, as advanced by the coordinator, five children have already been diagnosed with autism, with others being studied.

Hence, he stressed that it is necessary to inform people about what autism is and make people aware of having less prejudice and more respect for autistic children.

According to this official, many people do not know what autism is, which they consider a mental disorder, whereas in reality it is a condition that a child has.

"Autism is a developmental disorder where children cannot socialize with others, do not have eye contact, do not interact, cannot face people because they have difficulties in the behavior part", he indicated.

And, to speak more comprehensively about all the concepts that encompass autism, Edoneia Teixeira informed that some more lectures will be given throughout the month, namely to inform people about the diagnosis and treatment, among other aspects.