Hwang, YIJ;
Foley, KR;
Elley, K;
Brown, S;
Joy-Leong, D;
Li, X;
Grove, R;
... Zheng, L; + view all
(2023)
Experiences of Performing Daily Activities in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults: A Qualitative Study.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
, 53
(5)
pp. 2037-2049.
10.1007/s10803-022-05473-7.
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Abstract
This is the first study to investigate instrumental activities of daily living in older autistic adults. We conducted interviews with fifteen adults (mean age = 60.1, SD = 7.4, range = 50–73) from Australia with no intellectual disability. Analysis included both deductive and inductive steps, to categorise responses using the Occupational Performance Model Australia and identify themes across participants’ experiences. Strengths and challenges were unique to the individual, as were the methods they had developed to manage tasks. Challenges occurred mostly at the interaction between aspects of the environment (sensory, cognitive, social and cultural) and personal factors such as health conditions and sensory sensitivities. Enhanced person-environment fit is needed, as is a shift in wider sociocultural attitudes to enable comfort and autonomy in later life.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Experiences of Performing Daily Activities in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults: A Qualitative Study |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-022-05473-7 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05473-7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 Springer Nature. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Adulthood, Ageing, Daily living, Independence, Person-environment fit, Middle Aged, Adult, Humans, Aged, Activities of Daily Living, Autistic Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Qualitative Research, Australia |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177574 |
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