“There is Nowhere Else That I’d Rather be Than with Them”: Parents’ Positive Experiences Parenting Autistic Children
We show that both Autistic and non-Autistic parents of Autistic children have positive, joyful, and valuable parenting experiences. Our findings have far-reaching implications, including how researchers and practitioners conceptualize parenting Autistic children, and the ways in which parents can be supported to foster such experiences.
Authors
- Elizabeth Pellicano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-8003)
- Melanie Heyworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9684-3322)
- Diana Weiting Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6394-8435)
- Catherine McMahon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7312-6593)
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Autism CRC (AU)
- University College London (GB)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Autism & Developmental Language Impairments
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415251357222
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- Macquarie University