博物馆开展孤独症谱系障碍儿童教育初探

A Preliminary Study on Museum Education for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

孤独症谱系障碍儿童问题是全世界最为影响儿童健康的公共问题之一。博物馆作为承担社会教育重要职能的公共文化中心之一,对于孤独症谱系障碍儿童的教育具有适切性和独特优势。中外博物馆立足自身馆藏优势、整合社会资源,对开展孤独症谱系障碍儿童的社会教育作了积极探索。对此,我国博物馆界可借鉴优秀案例的经验,以“融合教育”为核心,通过完善相关立法、增加财政投入、打造全社会共同参与的孤独症儿童教育平台等措施,建立从政府到民间、从博物馆到社会的完整支持体系。

Autism spectrum disorders has become one of the major concerns of children’s health worldwide. As a public cultural institution providing social education, the museum, holding distinct advantages, is adequate to providing education for children with autism spectrum disorders. Based on the advantages of their own collections and the integration of social resources, museums in the world have actively explored the development of social education for children with autism spectrum disorders. Museums in China can borrow experiences from international peers and focus on the“integrated education”to establish a full support system spanning from the governments to the individuals and from museums to society by improving legislation on this issue, increasing financial input, and building an educational platform dedicated to children with autism with the participation of the whole society.