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Informal Caregivers’ Of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Experiences Of Social Inclusion Policy In The Province Of Ontario, Heather L.M. Church

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Social inclusion for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a widely

accepted social value. Policy implementation impacts on health, experience of inclusion and on individuals and caregivers.

Method. This study used a qualitative directed content analysis to analyse the needs, care, services and policy which influence the care and support of adults with ASD in the Province of Ontario. Caregivers of adults with ASD were interviewed to determine: a) how the Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008, is experienced and b) has influenced how they and their loved ones with …

Pearl Harvesting Autism, Mariya Gruntovskaya

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This thesis addresses the difficulties of on-line information searching as it relates to the topic of autism. A review of existing search strategies is presented and their limitations are discussed. A new method for deriving a set of search-terms for comprehensive searching, Pearl Harvesting, was tested here to determine the necessary search terms (i.e., synonym ring) for ERIC and PsycINFO databases. Once discovered and validated, a synonym ring can be copied and pasted directly into the search box of the database, providing a simple, thorough and time saving way of conducting on-line research in the field. This easily used method …