TY  - THES
ID  - theses_frw2455
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2455/
Y1  - 2015///
M1  - master
TI  - Entering the child?s inner world?: Italian parents experiences of raising a child with Autism disorder
N2  - The research aimed at investigating the caregiving experience of parents raising a child with autism disorder. In-depth interviews were used to discuss about the diagnostic process; the challenges parents faced in their caregiving route; their coping strategies,and the benefits, if any, they derived from social support networks. The analysis produced three core themes which related to: entering the child?s inner world; making meaning out of autism; and the family?s social experience. Being the parent of a child with autism was found to be a complex and dynamic process. However, among the parents? accounts there were some common stages that constituted key points in their process of raising their child. These stages relates to: making sense of the child?s symptoms, receiving their child?s diagnosis, acknowledging the child?s uniqueness and advocating for his inclusion.
A1  - Cigarini, Anna
AV  - public
ER  -