[article]
Titre : |
An investigation into behaviours which challenge at university: The impact of neurotypical expectations on autistic students |
Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
Auteurs : |
Jane LAWSON, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2010 |
Article en page(s) : |
p.45-51 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
Résumé : |
Jane Lawson has worked with adults and children on the autism spectrum for 10 years in a range of provision including residential, outreach, supported living, FE college support, and primary education. For the last six years, she has worked in Higher Education at three different Universities, n one of which she instituted and managed a mentor system for autistic students which has been running for four years. In this paper, Jane argues that students on the autism spectrum are expected to understand and function within environments (in this case universities) which are set up to be understood by neurotypical students. The responses and behaviours of autistic students to academic and social demands are interpreted using a neurotypical lens and 50 often misinterpreted, with sanctions applied rather than support. Lawson makes the point that staff at the university need to understand the factors which might lead to autistic students behaving or reacting in a non-neurotypical way and to put in support that enables these students to engage in activities and to thrive in a university environment. |
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in Good Autism Practice - GAP > 11-1 (May 2010) . - p.45-51
[article] An investigation into behaviours which challenge at university: The impact of neurotypical expectations on autistic students [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Jane LAWSON, Auteur . - 2010 . - p.45-51. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Good Autism Practice - GAP > 11-1 (May 2010) . - p.45-51
Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
Résumé : |
Jane Lawson has worked with adults and children on the autism spectrum for 10 years in a range of provision including residential, outreach, supported living, FE college support, and primary education. For the last six years, she has worked in Higher Education at three different Universities, n one of which she instituted and managed a mentor system for autistic students which has been running for four years. In this paper, Jane argues that students on the autism spectrum are expected to understand and function within environments (in this case universities) which are set up to be understood by neurotypical students. The responses and behaviours of autistic students to academic and social demands are interpreted using a neurotypical lens and 50 often misinterpreted, with sanctions applied rather than support. Lawson makes the point that staff at the university need to understand the factors which might lead to autistic students behaving or reacting in a non-neurotypical way and to put in support that enables these students to engage in activities and to thrive in a university environment. |
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https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=103 |
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