Abstract
Interculturality and decoloniality in the approach to autism focus on the recognition of diversity as a fundamental characteristic of human beings and on the influence of society, culture, and the environment on shaping individuals' neuronal functioning. The study's main objective was to characterize the mechanisms that intercultural societies develop to promote the socio-educational inclusion of all children and adolescents. The methodology considered an interpretive paradigm with a descriptive qualitative approach. A non-probabilistic sample of 70 stakeholders directly linked to autistic children was considered. The research took place in the rural Andean area of the Bolívar province in Ecuador. It is concluded that in intercultural societies, addressing autism from the perspective of neurodiversity, understood as particular ways of being and existing in the world, facilitates the educational and social inclusion of children and adolescents