Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppet
IntroductionKorean autistic persons who have endured an integrated secondary education system have been exposed to school bullying, causing trauma and stigma to them. It also blocks them from entering a tertiary education system and a decent work, resulting in a lower quality of life. However, resea...
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| description | IntroductionKorean autistic persons who have endured an integrated secondary education system have been exposed to school bullying, causing trauma and stigma to them. It also blocks them from entering a tertiary education system and a decent work, resulting in a lower quality of life. However, research on how it affects autistic persons has not yet been conducted in Korea.MethodsFourteen adult autistic persons in the Republic of Korea participated in the semi-structured focused group interviews. Their conversations were analyzed through qualitative coding.ResultsThe interview results show the rare voice of Korean autistic people. Although interviewees experienced physical, verbal, and sexual violence against them during the secondary education period, they could not get substantial assistance from schools and society. Interviewees agreed that bullying is inherent in the secondary education system of Korea, even in Korean culture. They experienced the cause of bullying being attributed to them as victims rather than perpetrators, and impunity is given to the bullying assailants. Early analyses of this article confirm that such experiences are combined with the sociocultural climate of elitism, meritocracy, and authoritarianism in the Republic of Korea.ConclusionThe study confirmed that the autistic person’s bullying experience does not come from the social inability of autistic people but the “profound” competition and discriminative atmosphere of the society. The result urges further studies on the bullying experience of East Asian autistic persons and the construction of Korean intervention strategies to prevent school violence against Koreans with disabilities, especially autistic pupils. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47b8fdc2c0ca460f8d5cb8a6c2a328902024-03-28T10:22:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402024-03-011510.3389/fpsyt.2024.12603181260318Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppetWn-ho Yoon0JaeKyung Seo1JaeKyung Seo2Cheolung Je3Cheolung Je4Korean Research Center for Guardianship and Trusts, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of KoreaKorean Research Center for Guardianship and Trusts, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of KoreaSocial Welfare Institute, Sungkonghoe University, Guro-Gu, Seoul, Republic of KoreaKorean Research Center for Guardianship and Trusts, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of KoreaSchool of Law, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaIntroductionKorean autistic persons who have endured an integrated secondary education system have been exposed to school bullying, causing trauma and stigma to them. It also blocks them from entering a tertiary education system and a decent work, resulting in a lower quality of life. However, research on how it affects autistic persons has not yet been conducted in Korea.MethodsFourteen adult autistic persons in the Republic of Korea participated in the semi-structured focused group interviews. Their conversations were analyzed through qualitative coding.ResultsThe interview results show the rare voice of Korean autistic people. Although interviewees experienced physical, verbal, and sexual violence against them during the secondary education period, they could not get substantial assistance from schools and society. Interviewees agreed that bullying is inherent in the secondary education system of Korea, even in Korean culture. They experienced the cause of bullying being attributed to them as victims rather than perpetrators, and impunity is given to the bullying assailants. Early analyses of this article confirm that such experiences are combined with the sociocultural climate of elitism, meritocracy, and authoritarianism in the Republic of Korea.ConclusionThe study confirmed that the autistic person’s bullying experience does not come from the social inability of autistic people but the “profound” competition and discriminative atmosphere of the society. The result urges further studies on the bullying experience of East Asian autistic persons and the construction of Korean intervention strategies to prevent school violence against Koreans with disabilities, especially autistic pupils.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1260318/fullschool bullyingstigmaautistic traitsobjectificationauthoritarianismautism spectrum |
| spellingShingle | Wn-ho Yoon JaeKyung Seo JaeKyung Seo Cheolung Je Cheolung Je Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppet Frontiers in Psychiatry school bullying stigma autistic traits objectification authoritarianism autism spectrum |
| title | Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppet |
| title_full | Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppet |
| title_fullStr | Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppet |
| title_full_unstemmed | Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppet |
| title_short | Korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools: daily survival on the edge as a puppet |
| title_sort | korean autistic persons facing systemic stigmatization from middle education schools daily survival on the edge as a puppet |
| topic | school bullying stigma autistic traits objectification authoritarianism autism spectrum |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1260318/full |
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