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Jou Three A critical realist Eleven Findings As the the

rnal overarchin epistemological parents (two demonstrate that sample experi
(ASD) of g themes position was fathers, nine parents experience was self- parent
Hannah Legg  Auti qwith adopted in the mothers) from complex emotional selected, whose
· Anna Tckle sm related present study. nine families reactions to it likely has re
and subtheme Critical realism participated. diagnosis, with guilt refects diagno
 · Alinda Gill Dev s were assumes that Seven being predominant the fact autisti
elo knowledge of participants for many, but that that spectr
 · Sarah Wild
pm reality is were the new knowledge these disord
ent identifed mediated by interviewed of diagnosis can parents adulth
(1914)
and are
al beliefs and individually facilitate changes in continue in the
Exploring Dis summaris perceptions and four (Phil understanding, d to have poten
the Experienc ed in
ord shaped by and Barbara, attributions, signifcant shed li
es of Parents ers Figure 1. external factors, and George interactions and involvem an ofte
Whose Child Each
(20 and stresses the and Susan) relationships. ent in overlo
has Received 23) theme and importance of were However, the lack of their and
a Diagnosis 53: context in interviewed postdiagnostic adult under
of Autistic 205 explanation and with their support can result in children’ popula
Spectrum – understanding respective unmet support s lives, Most r
subtheme
Disorder 215 (Maxwell & spouses. T needs. These fndings and so on auti
is distinct,
in Adulthood Mittapalli, 2007). should be considered the focuse
but
connectin From this by clinicians involved fndings childre
g lines position, it is in adult diagnosis of perhaps young
indicate acknowledged ASD to guide would and re
represent that the diagnosis conversations about not little a
of ASD is expectations and refect has be
infuenced by potential the to the
social, cultural, consequences of experien experi
and historical diagnosis, ces of parent
parents adult c
who are with a
less
involved