The Experiences of the Families of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum During the Pandemic: A Study of Neurodiverse Individuals and Their Caregivers in the Context of Anomie Caused by the Global Health Crisis
The health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily suspended many of the existing rules and principles of the social order. This crisis can be described as social anomie. In this article, we explore the coping strategies of persons with disabilities in this state using the example of t...
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| author | Anna Prokop-Dorner Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny |
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| description | The health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily suspended many of the existing rules and principles of the social order. This crisis can be described as social anomie. In this article, we explore the coping strategies of persons with disabilities in this state using the example of the families of individuals on the autism spectrum. While the neurodiversity of people on the spectrum is associated with adaptation difficulties and a low tolerance of change, the outbreak of the pandemic introduced abrupt changes in the functioning of institutions, the trajectories of daily life, and existing routines. The analysis of in-depth interviews conducted among parents of children on the autism spectrum shows how, in the face of radical changes in their external conditions, caregivers adapted the available measures to the developmental needs of their children and other family members. In the face of an anomic social order, innovation turned out to be the dominant coping strategy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e18deea270e249e087e18901357d74a22023-08-31T14:17:13ZengUniversity of LodzPrzeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej1733-80692023-08-011939611510.18778/1733-8069.19.3.0618829The Experiences of the Families of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum During the Pandemic: A Study of Neurodiverse Individuals and Their Caregivers in the Context of Anomie Caused by the Global Health CrisisAnna Prokop-Dorner0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3575-469XNatalia Ożegalska-Łukasik1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4239-4429Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6797-5580Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeJagiellonian UniversityJagiellonian UniversityThe health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily suspended many of the existing rules and principles of the social order. This crisis can be described as social anomie. In this article, we explore the coping strategies of persons with disabilities in this state using the example of the families of individuals on the autism spectrum. While the neurodiversity of people on the spectrum is associated with adaptation difficulties and a low tolerance of change, the outbreak of the pandemic introduced abrupt changes in the functioning of institutions, the trajectories of daily life, and existing routines. The analysis of in-depth interviews conducted among parents of children on the autism spectrum shows how, in the face of radical changes in their external conditions, caregivers adapted the available measures to the developmental needs of their children and other family members. In the face of an anomic social order, innovation turned out to be the dominant coping strategy.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/socjak/article/view/18996anomiepandemicautism spectrum |
| spellingShingle | Anna Prokop-Dorner Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny The Experiences of the Families of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum During the Pandemic: A Study of Neurodiverse Individuals and Their Caregivers in the Context of Anomie Caused by the Global Health Crisis Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej anomie pandemic autism spectrum |
| title | The Experiences of the Families of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum During the Pandemic: A Study of Neurodiverse Individuals and Their Caregivers in the Context of Anomie Caused by the Global Health Crisis |
| title_full | The Experiences of the Families of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum During the Pandemic: A Study of Neurodiverse Individuals and Their Caregivers in the Context of Anomie Caused by the Global Health Crisis |
| title_fullStr | The Experiences of the Families of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum During the Pandemic: A Study of Neurodiverse Individuals and Their Caregivers in the Context of Anomie Caused by the Global Health Crisis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Experiences of the Families of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum During the Pandemic: A Study of Neurodiverse Individuals and Their Caregivers in the Context of Anomie Caused by the Global Health Crisis |
| title_short | The Experiences of the Families of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum During the Pandemic: A Study of Neurodiverse Individuals and Their Caregivers in the Context of Anomie Caused by the Global Health Crisis |
| title_sort | experiences of the families of individuals on the autism spectrum during the pandemic a study of neurodiverse individuals and their caregivers in the context of anomie caused by the global health crisis |
| topic | anomie pandemic autism spectrum |
| url | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/socjak/article/view/18996 |
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