THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PATIENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) DURING HOSPITALIZATION

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorder-ASD is a public health case, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-DSM-5 is defined as a neurodevelopmental disorder that can affect social interaction, communication and, in some cases, compete with cognitive deficits. Patients diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often live with health comorbidities and will, at some point in their lives, demand hospitalization and consequently use Civil Law as an important instrument in the defense and guarantee of their rights. Civil Law emerges as an essential and protective element, it brings in its code Laws, Norms and Guidelines that guarantee the letter of the Law for the benefit of those most committed in terms of neurodiversity. Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder-ASD have greater difficulty in integrating the hospital context, and it is important to practice the Law to guarantee them dignity and full exercise of citizenship, in addition to offering their families the technical and legal support that hospital admissions demand. This academic research, of qualitative origin, aims to disseminate the complexity of the hospitalization of patients diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder-ASD and, in addition, to promote Civil Law legislation so that these patients can count on the Judiciary to protect their rights. In this way, this research illuminates Aristotelian thinking so that autistic people are received in a dignified way in hospital units, because by treating the unequal unequally, the fair is found.