'It's being a part of a grand tradition, a grand counter-culture which involves communities': A qualitative investigation of autistic community connectedness / Monique BOTHA in Autism, 26-8 (November 2022)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 26-8 (November 2022) . - p.2151-2164 Titre : 'It's being a part of a grand tradition, a grand counter-culture which involves communities': A qualitative investigation of autistic community connectedness Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Monique BOTHA, Auteur ; Bridget DIBB, Auteur ; David M. FROST, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.2151-2164 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Humans  Autistic Disorder/psychology  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Friends  Mental Health  Interpersonal Relations  autistic community  belongingness  community  identity  political connectedness  qualitative research  social connectedness  stigma  wellbeing  research, authorship and/or publication of this article. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : A sense of being connected to other autistic people has been reported anecdotally. Friendships and connectedness may be important to autistic people and beneficial for their wellbeing. Our research aimed to understand the autistic community by interviewing 20 autistic people about their experiences of being connected to other autistic people. Participants were interviewed in person, over video, using a text-based software to type or over email. Participants detailed three parts of autistic community connectedness: a sense of belonging, social connection with autistic friends and political connectedness. The friendships autistic people had with one another were deemed to be very important to participants because it gave them confidence, provided companionship and made them happy. Some participants did not experience connectedness to the autistic community. These participants also found autism to be less important to their identity and had fewer positive feelings about being autistic. This research is important as it raises awareness that community connectedness is viewed as important to this group. It is possible that community connectedness may help protect the mental health of autistic people when they face stigma or negative life experiences in society. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613221080248 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=488 [article] 'It's being a part of a grand tradition, a grand counter-culture which involves communities': A qualitative investigation of autistic community connectedness [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Monique BOTHA, Auteur ; Bridget DIBB, Auteur ; David M. FROST, Auteur . - p.2151-2164. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 26-8 (November 2022) . - p.2151-2164 Mots-clés : Humans  Autistic Disorder/psychology  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Friends  Mental Health  Interpersonal Relations  autistic community  belongingness  community  identity  political connectedness  qualitative research  social connectedness  stigma  wellbeing  research, authorship and/or publication of this article. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : A sense of being connected to other autistic people has been reported anecdotally. Friendships and connectedness may be important to autistic people and beneficial for their wellbeing. Our research aimed to understand the autistic community by interviewing 20 autistic people about their experiences of being connected to other autistic people. Participants were interviewed in person, over video, using a text-based software to type or over email. Participants detailed three parts of autistic community connectedness: a sense of belonging, social connection with autistic friends and political connectedness. The friendships autistic people had with one another were deemed to be very important to participants because it gave them confidence, provided companionship and made them happy. Some participants did not experience connectedness to the autistic community. These participants also found autism to be less important to their identity and had fewer positive feelings about being autistic. This research is important as it raises awareness that community connectedness is viewed as important to this group. It is possible that community connectedness may help protect the mental health of autistic people when they face stigma or negative life experiences in society. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613221080248 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=488

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