SILVA, Edivaldo Procópio da. The constitution of the autist’s body: from helplessness to invention. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) []. 2019, 25, 3, pp.1301-1315. ISSN 1677-1168.  https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1677-1168.2019v25n3p1301-1315.

This article seeks to apprehend the processes involved in the constitution of the autistic body for which there is not the Other as a reference. In the light of Daniel Tammet’s testimony, a British author and autistic writer, it will be possible to elucidate the place of objects for autistic people and how the autistic person’s interest in the out-of-body object allows them to build their edge, acting as a protective resource against bodily disturbances, anguish and isolation. Thus, investment in external objects results in a reduction in the incidence on the non-interconnected body of enjoyment, opening the possibility for the field of the Other. The objectives are to examine the concept of body in psychoanalysis in relation to autism, to investigate the constitution of the autistic body from the psychoanalytic theory and, finally, to identify the effects on the body of interest for autistic objects.

: Autism; Autistic object.; Body; Lacanian Psychoanalysis.

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