We are all there silently coping. The hidden experiences of parents of adults with Asperger syndrome

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-247

  Griffith, Gemma M ^a   Totsika, Vasiliki ^a   Nash, Susie ^a   Jones, Robert S P ^a   Hastings, Richard P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Asperger syndrome; Family; Independence; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; ASPERGER SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864837995     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2012.701729     Document Type: Article

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