The challenges of early psychological diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Abstract

This research aims to identify the main determining factors that become challenges to the early psychological diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. This is a bibliographic review of the literature of a qualitative nature, based on the systematic rigor that enables its execution, where the following databases were used: Scielo, Pepsic, Pubmed, Medline and Lilacs. The main results found relate to the main challenges faced by professionals, where they lack greater theoretical contributions and constant professional qualification; family, since in most cases denialism and normalization of symptoms are present and society in general, since there is a lack of a massive approach to the subject by the public authorities, making knowledge about ASD unfeasible. It was concluded that, even in the midst of advances in studies regarding the general aspects of ASD, the scientific production regarding the specificities of the specifically psychological diagnosis is still subject to wide discussion, since it needs more breadth of scientific knowledge.