Young, Alys, Ferguson-Coleman, Emma, Wright, Barry orcid.org/0000-0002-8692-6001 et al. (1 more author) (2019) Parental Conceptualizations of Autism and Deafness in British Deaf Children. Journal of deaf studies and deaf education. ISSN 1465-7325
Abstract
The co-occurrence of childhood deafness and autism raises complex challenges for diagnosis and family support. In this article, we explore with hearing and Deaf parents their observations of the interaction between deafness and autism and identify how the intersections of deafness and autism are conceptualized in everyday life. Eight parents participated (two of whom were Deaf BSL users) in semi-structured interviews in either BSL or spoken English. Data analysis was underpinned by a phenomenological approach in the hermeneutic tradition. Findings are discussed in terms of parents' perceptions of the relevance of deafness to their understanding of autism for their particular child, the effects of autism on sign and spoken language development and the relationship between deafness and autism in terms of their own and others' attributions of their children's characteristics. The significance of the findings for parental contributions' to diagnostic assessment and the tailoring of family support are considered.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Hull York Medical School (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2019 15:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 15:32 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enz002 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/deafed/enz002 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:143415 |