Volunteering as additional resource for inclusion autistic children in sociocultural environment

Abstract

The article deals with researching the phenomenon of «volunteering» from the sociopedagogical point of view; the role of volunteering in integration autistic children into the society is underlined; the author outlines the range of problems concerning social development of the above-mentioned category that can be solved with volunteers involvement; the peculiarities of the development of children with ASD are specified. The article presents the results of the research on students’ readiness for volunteering. The influence of volunteering on the personality of volunteer is described.