Social support for children with autism spectrum disorders and their family as exemplified by the analysis of an individual case

• Authors: Leksy, Karina

Abstracts

EN

Epidemiological data clearly indicate that the number of children with autism spectrum disorder is systematically growing. Families which bear responsibility for raising and caring for children with disabilities wrestle with many problems of everyday life. Many times, the hardships of raising children with autism, dealing with their emotions and one's own as well as everyday problems lead to a family crisis. Therefore, there is no doubt that both children with autism spectrum disorder and their parents/families need both institutional and non-institutional help and support. The aim of this article is to present – on the example of an individual case of a family with a child with autism spectrum disorder – the types of support the family has received and evaluation of this support. The information obtained indicates that help and support for children with autism spectrum disorder and their families offered by the state is insufficient and, therefore, many families have to cope on their own. However, the effective handling of the situation is highly dependent on individual, systemic, and material resources a family has as well as on external systems of family support which allow the best possible fulfilment of protective and educational functions regarding the child.

Keywords

EN

autism; autism spectrum disorder; social support; coping with crisis; family resources

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Szkoła Specjalna
• Year: 2020
• Volume: LXXXI(3)
• Pages: 188-199

Dates

published

2020-06-19

Contributors

author

Leksy, Karina

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.2358