The Redefinition of ASD – A Collective Outlook

This article is the second of a series of reflective reports on a work in progress that aims to measure the transformative impact of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder within his/her intervention nucleus in a bidirectional logic of personal and social learning and development. The family is studied as a mobilizing agent of the community for the definition of a common project in which everyone will be subject and object of transformation and learning. The problem is deepened, moving from the family domain to the volunteer’s social context. The program is described and how it prepares and monitors learning and practices. A qualitative methodology was adopted, using semi-structured interviews and focus groups, trying to understand how the love for a different child allowed preparing an action plan in which shared responsibility, belonging and unity gave birth to a new idea of a learning community the Son-Rise family.