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SLOUGHIS HELPING AUTISTIC CHILDREN
AN INTERVIEW WITH GABRIELLA INCISA DI CAMERANA

BY JOHANNA SUNDELL, IMRE SCHMIDT, ULLIS SUNDELL - SWEDEN AND SLOUGHI REVIEW - USA
RESPONSES IN FRENCH TRANSLATED BY M.-D. CRAPON DE CAPRONA - USA

The Sloughi’s gaze.

Sloughi Review: Mrs. Gabriella Incisa Di Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) brings

Camerana, you have a very interesting together a set of neurobiological disorders
project on Facebook about autistic children that affect the development of so-called
and their interaction with horses and dogs "autistic" people. They are characterized
and in particular Sloughis. notably by dysfunctions in social
To frame this interview, could you please interactions, communication, behaviors,

describe in a few words Autism and the and activities. By the notion of "spectrum",
children you help, and where your project we do not freeze an autistic person on a
is located. scale from "very autistic" to "somewhat
autistic". Each person being different, each
Gabriella Incisa di Camerana: The Open disorder being specific, the spectrum makes
School – IAA is a project developed by the it possible to define a place according to
association "Centre Hippique Mahdia" for different capacities: language, perception,
the emotional education of childhood, emotions, motor capacities, etc.

specifically for the support and care of The name ASD now replaces that of PDD,
children diagnosed with ASD. Pervasive Developmental Disorders.