Autistic adults' experiences of managing wellbeing and implications for social prescribing
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
| Veröffentlicht in: | Disability & society. - 1995. - 39(2024), 12 vom: 27., Seite 3283-3311 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2024
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Disability & society |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Autism self-determination social prescribing wellbeing |
| Zusammenfassung: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Autistic people demonstrate poor outcomes on objective measures of wellbeing, yet research centring lived experience provides a more nuanced picture. There is growing support for person-centred, holistic and community approaches to enhancing wellbeing for autistic people. Social prescribing may be one such approach. This qualitative study explored the concept of wellbeing for autistic adults - including barriers and self-management - and the implications of this for modifying social prescribing. It involved semi-structured interviews with 21 autistic adults in the UK. Reflexive thematic analysis of the data supports research suggesting that self-determination may underlie many aspects of wellbeing for autistic people. The COVID-19 pandemic provided new opportunities to develop wellbeing strategies but also had negative impacts. Social prescribing could promote self-determination by signposting autistic people to peer support opportunities building on intrinsic interests |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Revised 07.12.2024 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0968-7599 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09687599.2023.2263628 |