Being a girl in a boys' world: Investigating the experiences of girls with autism spectrum disorders during adolescence

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1261-1274

  Cridland, Elizabeth K ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a   Caputi, Peter ^a   Magee, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Autism; Family systems; Female; Girl; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LEARNING; MOTHER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPREHENSION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENARCHE; MOTHERS; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84901683399     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1985-6     Document Type: Article

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