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Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities
ISSN: 1753-0180
Currently published as: Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
Online from: 2007
Subject Area: Health and Social Care
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Family expectations and transition experiences for young adults with severe disabilities: does syndrome matter?
| Title: | Family expectations and transition experiences for young adults with severe disabilities: does syndrome matter? |
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| Author(s): | Jan Blacher, (University of California, Riverside, USA), Bonnie Kraemer, (San Diego State University, USA), Erica Howell, (University of California, Riverside, USA) |
| Citation: | Jan Blacher, Bonnie Kraemer, Erica Howell, (2010) "Family expectations and transition experiences for young adults with severe disabilities: does syndrome matter?", Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Vol. 4 Iss: 1, pp.3 - 16 |
| Keywords: | Autism, Families, Intellectual disabilities, Learning disability, Syndrome, Transition |
| Article type: | General review |
| DOI: | 10.5042/amhld.2010.0052 (Permanent URL) |
| Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| Abstract: | The differential impact of young adult diagnosis on families during the period of transition from school to adult life was examined. Participants were parents of 246 young adults with severe learning disability aged 18-26. Young adults were classified into four diagnostic groups: autism (N = 30), Down's syndrome (N = 68), cerebral palsy (N = 95) and an undifferentiated learning disability group (N = 53). Research questions pertained to parent expectations about their young adults' transition to living and working environments post high school. Parental satisfaction and worries were also assessed. The results indicated more community expectations of work for young adults with Down's syndrome, and more restrictive expectations for young adults with autism, including more expectations that young adults with autism would move out of the family home into a residential environment. Parents of young adults with autism also worried significantly more about various aspects of transition than other parent groups. |
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