Han, E;
Crane, L;
Tan, MMJ;
Legido-Quigley, H;
(2021)
A qualitative study of autism services and supports in Singapore: perspectives of service providers, autistic adults, and caregivers.
Autism: the international journal of research and practice
10.1177/13623613211016112.
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Abstract
The lifelong and complex nature of autism necessitates an array of services and supports spanning across different sectors and providers at different life stages of an autistic individual. However, research has shown that autistic individuals and their families often experience barriers accessing the autism-related services and supports that they need. This is the first qualitative study to explore the provision and coordination of autism services and supports in Singapore from the perspectives of service providers, autistic adults and caregivers. Semi-structured interviews with 21 participants revealed three main themes: (1) improving access to autism-specific services, (2) creating flexible supports in an inclusive environment and (3) addressing stigma and changing societal attitudes. Our findings suggest that Singapore may have achieved rapid growth in autism services, but broader social structures may be slower to change. To better support autistic individuals in society, autistic voices need to be amplified and a collective effort is needed to achieve a paradigm shift from impairment to capability.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A qualitative study of autism services and supports in Singapore: perspectives of service providers, autistic adults, and caregivers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13623613211016112 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211016112 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | autism services and supports, autistic adults, caregivers, qualitative research, service providers, Singapore |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10126330 |
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