Psychological image of the future in children with autism spectrum disorder

The author of the article has studied and analyzed issues related to the formation of a psychological image of the future in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of the study is an attempt to study and form an image of the future in children with ASD. The object of the study is the psychological image of the future in children with ASD. The subject of the study is the specifics of the image of the future in children with ASD. The hypothesis of the study: the content of the image of the future of younger schoolchildren with ASD in the phenomenological study demonstrates the following features: fuzziness, ambiguity, complexity of spontaneous actualization of ideas about oneself in the future, as well as the unformed epoch-time perspective. The main methods for conducting the study were the method of: analysis, observation, experimental method. The author of the article emphasizes the importance of using an integrated approach to the study of the problems of forming a psychological image of the future in children with ASD. The concept of ‘autism’ is defined. The main problems in the work are considered