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ArticleDisability & society2024

Autistic adults' experiences of managing wellbeing and implications for social prescribing.

Charlotte Featherstone, Richard Sharpe, Nick Axford, Sheena Asthana, Kerryn Husk

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Article in Disability & society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Autistic young people's psychological well-being in school.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Charlotte FeatherstoneNIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula, NIHR PenARC, Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, England.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2456-5730
Richard SharpePublic Health, Cornwall County Council, Truro, Cornwall, England.
Nick AxfordNIHR PenARC, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula, Plymouth, England.
Sheena AsthanaPeninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England.
Kerryn HuskNIHR PenARC, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula, Plymouth, England.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autistic people demonstrate poor outcomes on objective measures of wellbeing, yet research centring lived experience provides a more nuanced picture. There is growing support for person-centred, holistic and community approaches to enhancing wellbeing for autistic people. Social prescribing may be one such approach. This qualitative study explored the concept of wellbeing for autistic adults - including barriers and self-management - and the implications of this for modifying social prescribing. It involved semi-structured interviews with 21 autistic adults in the UK. Reflexive thematic analysis of the data supports research suggesting that self-determination may underlie many aspects of wellbeing for autistic people. The COVID-19 pandemic provided new opportunities to develop wellbeing strategies but also had negative impacts. Social prescribing could promote self-determination by signposting autistic people to peer support opportunities building on intrinsic interests.

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Autismself-determinationsocial prescribingwellbeing

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PMID39634250
PMCPMC11616697

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