Autismo, exercício físico e socialização

Abstract

This research seeks to investigate what the scientific literature already points out about the contributions of physical exercise to the socialization of autistic children. A bibliographic search was conducted on the Google Scholar platform using the descriptors: physical exercise, autism, and socialization. In the initial selection of texts, a total of twenty-four studies were identified. After refinement and applying eligibility criteria, twenty studies were fully read, and in the end, sixteen studies were selected, with data collection carried out through the technique of note-taking. The main research findings indicate that socialization is primarily addressed from a biological perspective and that the contribution of physical exercise is not clearly defined, being something case-specific arising from the practice of physical exercise. It is proposed that socialization be better conceptualized so that the significant contributions of physical exercise can also be understood in the processes of internal appropriation and subjectivation inherent to educational work.