'I Definitely Feel More in Control of My Life': The Perspectives of Young Autistic People and Their Parents on Emerging Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Cribb, Serena; Kenny, Lorcan; Pellicano, Elizabeth
Titel	'I Definitely Feel More in Control of My Life': The Perspectives of Young Autistic People and Their Parents on Emerging Adulthood
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 23 (2019) 7, S.1765-1781 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pellicano, Elizabeth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361319830029
Schlagwörter	Autism; Adults; Social Attitudes; Young Adults; Parents; Adjustment (to Environment); Maturity (Individuals); Aspiration; Self Determination; Identification (Psychology); Personal Autonomy; Cognitive Ability; Interpersonal Relationship; Standards; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Eltern; Reifung; Streben; Selbstbestimmung; Individuelle Autonomie; Denkfähigkeit; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Standard
Abstract	Long-term outcomes studies often paint a discouraging picture of the lives lived by autistic adults. Yet, their outcomes are often measured against normative markers of traditional adult roles, which may not apply to autistic people making the transition to adulthood. Here, we investigated the transition experiences of a group of young autistic people who were followed from childhood. Twenty-six young people and their parents (n = 28) participated in semistructured interviews on the process of transition and their aspirations for the future. Parents often voiced serious concerns about the ongoing support their children would require and the severe lack of services designed to support them as adults. Yet, overall, young people reported feeling more in control of their own lives, including developing a sense of identity and personal autonomy, both of which may be rooted in young autistic people's executive skills and their ability to develop and maintain trusting relationships with others -- two potential candidate areas for targeted support. These results call into question whether the traditional standards to which we often hold young autistic people are developmentally appropriate and suggest that the pressures of striving towards more normative ways of engaging in the world may be detrimental to their well-being. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01