ArticleCulture, medicine and psychiatry2015
Parenting a child with autism in India: narratives before and after a parent-child intervention program.
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- Influence of Community-Level Cultural Beliefs about Autism on Families' and Professionals' Care for Children.Transcultural psychiatry · 2018Article
- 'How deep are your pockets?' Autoethnographic reflections on the cost of raising a child with autism.African journal of disability · 2018Article
- Subjective Burden and Depression in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in India: Moderating Effect of Social Support.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2017Article
- Asperger's Syndrome, Subjectivity and the Senses.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2016Article
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- Introduction. Cross-cultural autism studies, neurodiversity, and conceptualizations of autism.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2015Article
- A Pilot Trial of a Manualized Psychoeducation Module for Parents of Children with Autism with Intellectual Disability and Intellectual Disability Alone.Indian journal of social psychiatryArticle
- The Impact of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Comparison with Other Neuro-Developmental Disorders in Children on the Family: Single Centre Experience.Indian journal of psychological medicineArticle
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
In many low and middle income countries where autism-related resources are scarce, interventions must rely on family and parents. A 3-month Parent-Child Training Program (PCTP) at Action For Autism, New Delhi, India is aimed at empowering and educating parents, encouraging acceptance of their child, and decreasing parent stress. Forty couples were asked to describe their child with autism using the Five Minute Speech Sample (FMSS), an open-ended narrative method, before and after the program. Parents described a wide range of child behaviors, primarily social and cognitive skills. While all families were of a relatively affluent strata compared to the general Indian population, there were nonetheless significant differences in parents' narratives based on their income levels. Coming into the program, parents with relatively less income focused on their child's immediate and material needs, while higher income parents discussed their parental roles and vision for society. After the PCTP, parents were more likely to reflect on their child beyond comparisons to 'normality,' and beyond the here-and-now. Mothers were more likely than fathers to reflect on themselves and their relationships with their child. Understanding parents' experiences and narratives is essential for the evaluation of interventions such as the PCTP, as Indian parents are incorporated into a growing global network of 'parents of children with autism.'
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