The hero's story and autism: Grounded theory study of websites for parents of children with autism

Autism

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-316

  Fleischmann, Amos ^a  

^a ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Hero; Parents; Qualitative research; Websites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERNET; ISRAEL; LEARNING; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 21744449463     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361305054410     Document Type: Article

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