El autismo y su repercusión en la dinámica familiar.

Abstract

The research focused on autism and its impact on family dynamics from a systemic approach, focusing on the perspective of mental health professionals and parents with children with ASD. The research topic focused on how a diagnosis of autism impacted family dynamics. The population studied included psychologists working with autism and families living with a person with a diagnosis of ASD. The objective of this research was to analyze the incidence of the diagnosis of ASD on the dynamics of the family system. By means of a descriptive method, we sought to know the changes that occurred in families in the face of this diagnosis. For this purpose, the qualitative method was used, conducting a literature review and using tools such as semi-structured interviews with professionals and parents or legal guardians. The analysis of the interviews with parents confirmed that, although all families had to make changes within their already established dynamics, not all of them underwent a significant change when one of their members was diagnosed with ASD.