Publications by authors named "F M Damato"
One of the biggest limitations faced by autistic people is the lack of knowledge of their condition. Our study aims to evaluate and discuss the knowledge of autism among nurses, which is a social and health category often in close contact with autistic people. Given the limited exploration of awareness levels about autism among healthcare professionals, this study aims to investigate general and specific knowledge of autism within a group of nursing students enrolled in a master's degree.
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- The combination of femininity and inequality in social medicine is increasingly recognized, particularly regarding disabled and neurodivergent girls and women at menarche, which significantly impacts their mental and reproductive health.
- Selected studies indicate a lack of understanding and specialized services for menstruating autistic girls and women, even though they often don’t perceive menstruation negatively.
- There is a pressing need to investigate menstruation's effects on autistic individuals more thoroughly, and a proposed social medical program aims to enhance sexual education and body awareness for this demographic.
Background: The goal of our contribution is to discuss a preschool intervention based on the Early Start Denver Model and the use of the main tools for the detection of adaptive behaviour in cases of autism: Vineland, ABAS.
Case Presentation: the work is the presentation of a clinical case that has benefited from an intervention with the Early Start Denver Model methodology for the benefit of a child with socio-cultural and economic disadvantages. This early intervention, in a child of 36 months, which followed the diagnosis, was possible thanks to the intervention of many third-sector organizations which allowed this child, with a serious autism profile, to receive an evidence-based intervention for free.