Dare voce al soggetto. Materiali tratti dall’osservazione longitudinale di un bambino autistico

Abstract

This work aims to merge the psychodynamic approach with the recent neuroscientific discoveries in the development of intersubjectivity, with particular focus on the communicative-linguistic area. The empirical data consists of a longitudinal semi-structured observation of a child diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder. The data shows the intertwining of intersubjective processes and the development of the symbolic dimension in its different modes of expression, in this case, represented by speech and drawing. The interconnectedness of the three registers - phonetic, linguistic and graphic - enabled us to identify the advent of speech as an intentional production that signals the configuration of subjectivity in the relational domain.