Researching the social worlds of autistic children: an exploration of how an understanding of autistic children's social worlds is best achieved
Researching the social worlds of autistic children: an exploration of how an understanding of autistic children's social worlds is best achieved
Since United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, social research has encouraged the involvement of children in research concerning them. However, there is little evidence to demonstrate how autistic children can be involved. Little is known about which methods are appropriate to research the social worlds of autistic children: adult-centred or child-centred methods? Empirical research with autistic children is used to illustrate the contribution that methods which involve children, and methods that do not, can make to the understanding of autistic children's social worlds. I argue while autistic children's participation contributed towards greater understanding, the understanding was enriched for having parents and teachers participate too.
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Ellis, Jaimie
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1 January 2017
Ellis, Jaimie
eb60a3a4-281b-4895-9583-4d5cf1e65b4d
Ellis, Jaimie
(2017)
Researching the social worlds of autistic children: an exploration of how an understanding of autistic children's social worlds is best achieved.
Children & Society, 31 (1), .
(doi:10.1111/chso.12160).
Abstract
Since United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, social research has encouraged the involvement of children in research concerning them. However, there is little evidence to demonstrate how autistic children can be involved. Little is known about which methods are appropriate to research the social worlds of autistic children: adult-centred or child-centred methods? Empirical research with autistic children is used to illustrate the contribution that methods which involve children, and methods that do not, can make to the understanding of autistic children's social worlds. I argue while autistic children's participation contributed towards greater understanding, the understanding was enriched for having parents and teachers participate too.
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Accepted/In Press date: 18 March 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 April 2016
Published date: 1 January 2017
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/393771
ISSN: 0951-0605
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