‘I was exhausted trying to figure it out’: The experiences of females receiving an autism diagnosis in middle to late adulthood

Autism

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 135-146

  Leedham, Alexandra ^a,b   Thompson, Andrew R ^a   Smith, Richard ^b   Freeth, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism diagnosis; autistic female; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; middle to late adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NORM; STEREOTYPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85066954052     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361319853442     Document Type: Article

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