Experts, students and researchers attended 2nd Conference on "Autism: Functions, skills and rights of people with Autism spectrum" in the university's branch campus in Guayaquil. Participants analyzed Autism spectrum from an educational, social and work perspective.

 

This event was encouraged by the Information and Communication Technologies for Disabilities Research Group (TICAD for its acronym in Spanish) and the Association of Parents (APADA for its acronym in Spanish) who are advocates of autism, with the support of the UNESCO chairs program.

 

The topics of the conference were:

 

- Autism spectrum and its levels according to DSMV and CIE11

 

- Things that children with autism want you to know

 

- How to discover and enhance the skills of people with autism spectrum

 

- The rights of people with disabilities

 

- Dogs for children with autism

 

- Work inclusion

 

- Living with people with autism

 

Some people in the field of disabilities who took part in this event were: Xiomara Ortega, president of APADA; Alice Naranjo, coordinator of TICAD; Luzmila Nicolaide, president of the community council for people´s rights, and others.

 

The TICAD research group presented several projects created by salesian students such as sensorial material used in the Inclusion Support Center. A special recognition was awarded to teachers who have worked with children with autism.

 

For Marcos Moreira, researcher of TICAD and the coordinator of this event, these activities enable people to transmit information to society and present the work being carried out by teachers in the classroom in order to become a more inclusive society.