Autism from a Religious Perspective: A Study of Parental Beliefs in South Asian Muslim Immigrant Families

Autor/inn/en	Jegatheesan, Brinda; Miller, Peggy J.; Fowler, Susan A.
Titel	Autism from a Religious Perspective: A Study of Parental Beliefs in South Asian Muslim Immigrant Families
Quelle	In: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 25 (2010) 2, S.98-109 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-3576
DOI	10.1177/1088357610361344
Schlagwörter	Muslims; Multicultural Education; Autism; Religion; Immigrants; Religious Factors; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Parent Attitudes; Ethnography; Child Rearing; Islamic Culture; Child Development; Asians; Multilingualism; Family Relationship; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muslim; Muslimin; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Autismus; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elternverhalten; Ethnografie; Kindererziehung; Islam; Kultur; Kindesentwicklung; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Three multilingual immigrant South Asian Muslim families who have children with autism were interviewed to ascertain their beliefs about autism. Data were drawn from interviews and conversations recorded during 17 months of ethnographic fieldwork in homes and community. Results indicate that families understood the task of raising a child with autism in religious terms. In keeping with the precepts of Islam, their overarching goal was to raise their children as normally as possible, incorporating them into ordinary social, linguistic, and religious practices at home and in the community. Parents strongly contested experts' understandings of autism, which they believed undermined rather than promoted their children's development. Findings have implications for multicultural teacher education and enhancing home, community, and school collaboration. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10