The free time of the autistic child

This bachelor thesis deals with the leisure time of the children with the autism. The thesis is divided into the theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part consists of two chapters. The first of them includes the subchapters which deal with the disorders of the autistic spectrum, their characteristic, the description of these disorders and their development in the different ages. The second chapter points at the leisure time, its functions and its description. It also contains the list of the institutions for the leisure time of the children and young people and the examples of the institutions which pay attention to the leisure time of the children with the disorders of the autistic spectrum. The main aim of this bachelor thesis is to find how the children with the disorders of the autistic spectrum spend the leisure time, if they use the offers of the leisure centres and the thesis also describes the problems which the children and their parents deal with during the leisure activities. The practical part was lead by the form of the qualitative research with the help of the structured dialogue with the parents who have got the children with the disorders of the autistic spectrum. Thanks to these dialogues and their analysis it was possible to find that the children with the disorders of the autistic spectrum prefer to spend the leisure time in the family circle. According to the answers of the parents the most common problem which appears during the leisure activities is the problematic behaviour of the children, for example the aggression, bursts of anger and moodiness