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    Bases para la construcción de una política pública para la atención del trastorno del espectro autista en Colombia
    (Universidad EAFIT, 2024) Gómez Moreno, David; Vieira Silva, Juan Guillermo
    The present paper means to offer a set of foundational propositions so as to build a Public Policy for Autist Spectrum Disorder (ASD) attention in Colombia. Born from the need to guarantee the fundamental rights of health and education to a vulnerable population with an increasing prevalence rate, and which, within the country, may account for over a million individuals using conservative estimates. While some may state that there are enough tools both in policy and reality, the experience of the ASD community and their families has a tendency to show otherwise, that is to say, the system not only does not protect them but rather discriminates them actively, by not allowing some accomodations that may make their condition more bearable. On that same note, the paper observes the experiences other countries have had, including New Zeland, Spain, and the United States; with three different scopes which may help attend the needs of the community in different ways, all of which answer to their environment. Regarding the viability of the public policy, both in its design and execution, with it being holistic so as to take care of the needs of the people with ASD and their environment, and making it so that they may feel protected and integrated, it is important to remember that the rates of detection and diagnosis are increasing globally, and that, while conservative estimates may show about a million individuals with ASD in Colombia, a more recent estimate shows this number grow up to one-and-a-half million people, which makes it viable from a policy-making perspective so that it is taken into account on the public agenda. Finally, some proposals for foundations are given, regarding the attention to different problems that have been identified via literature review and conversation with the ASD community.