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Effect on parents; rewards
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Effect on parents; feeling like a bad parent
Effect on parents; worrying about the future
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 6-11
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Kirsten - Interview 43
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Kirsten found the Son-Rise programme didn’t work for her son and also was too difficult to manage within her family setting.
Kirsten’s middle child, Andrew, was diagnosed with autism when he was two. He attends a mainstream primary school in the mornings and does a combination of ABA and DIR therapies in the afternoons.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 12-17
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Jane - Interview 27
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Jane’s son understands nuclear fission but cannot see dirt on a plate he is washing up. Attempts to hurry him stress him all the more.
Jane’s son, John, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when he was 9 years old. He is at a mainstream secondary school and hopes to study augmentation, artificial limbs and electronics at university.
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