scholarly journals Photography and the Visual Particularities of Young People on the Autism Spectrum

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uschi Klein
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Visual Culture ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Sensory Modalities ◽  
The World

Photographs are created, recreated and shared extensively and repeatedly, suggesting that people have little choice but to look at them. Nonetheless, the diverse ways of seeing in contemporary visual culture entail different visions, experiences and practices of visuality. This article suggests autistic people approach photography in their own ways to visually express their everyday lives. While sensory experiences differ in autistic individuals, they appear to embody visuality with their sensory modalities, using primarily their vision, but also their kinaesthetic experience and proprioceptive awareness to photograph the world around them.   Drawing from findings from an empirical study on the photographic practices of young people on the autism spectrum, this paper discusses how two participants use photography to capture the ways they see the world. Photography provides a context in which individuals can illustrate their visual experiences, and specific and diverse social and personal realities. The medium encourages them to make, use and discuss their own photographs, which, in turn, generates thoughts of lived experiences on which they may otherwise never reflect. While offering new insights into how photography mediates autistic individuals’ sensory perceptions of their visual world, this paper will further consider the contributions photography makes to the everyday lives of autistic people. 

At a glance: Identifying autism in children

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-108
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Tinsley
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Young People ◽  
Developmental Disability ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disability in which affected people perceive and interact with the world in a different way to others. It is a lifelong condition and there are around 700 000 autistic people in the UK (approximately one in 100 people). It affects people from any culture equally, but it is slightly more prevalent in men than women. This article will look at the characteristics of the condition and the support needed for children and young people in order to live as independently as possible in the long term.

scholarly journals Exploring the functions of music in the lives of young people on the autism spectrum

2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562110089
Author(s):  
Melissa L Kirby ◽  
Karen Burland
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Multiple Methods ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
Insight Into

Current research investigating the functions of music in everyday life has identified cognitive, emotional, and social functions of music. However, previous research focuses almost exclusively on neurotypical people and rarely considers the musical experiences of autistic people. In addition, there is limited research which focuses explicitly on the musical experiences of young people on the autism spectrum. Current research exploring the functions of music may therefore not accurately represent the experiences of the autistic community. This article aims to explore the function of music in the lives of young people on the autism spectrum through a series of interviews. Eleven young people on the autism spectrum age 12 to 25 ( M = 19.4) were interviewed about the function of music in their lives. An adaptive interview technique, utilizing multiple methods of communication, was employed to account for the participants’ broad communicative and personal needs. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed four key functions of music in the participants’ lives: Cognitive, Emotional, Social, and Identity. Collectively, these results provide a unique insight into the musical experiences of young people on the autism spectrum.

Moving stories: using mobile methods to explore the everyday lives of young people in public care

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola J. Ross ◽  
Emma Renold ◽  
Sally Holland ◽  
Alexandra Hillman
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Public Care ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Mobile Methods

Youth, Christianity, and the Crisis of Civilization, 1930–1945

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Bergler
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
World Crisis ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
American Society ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Christian Leaders

AbstractDuring the 1930s and 1940s, the Great Depression and the rise of communism and fascism in Europe convinced a broad spectrum of Americans that they were living through a prolonged “crisis of civilization” with real potential to destroy all they held dear. Meanwhile, they saw evidence that these global problems put young people especially at risk for immorality, loss of hope, and political subversion. Because the “youth problem” and the “world crisis” seemed to be inextricably linked, even the everyday behaviors of young people took on a heightened political significance in the eyes of many adults. Christian leaders from across the spectrum of churches—Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, Roman Catholic, and African American—did not just capitalize on this obsession with youth and the fate of civilization; they did all they could to fan those flames. They did so not cynically, but sincerely, believing that they could and should save the world by saving American youth. Yet these leaders were also making a bid for influence in American society and for control of the future of their churches. The resulting politicized views of youth and youth work would not only influence the outcomes of internal church battles, but they would also shape how various Christian groups responded to the Cold War.

scholarly journals Refugees’ Encounters With Nordic Rural Areas–Darkness, Wind and “Hygge”!

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lise Herslund ◽  
Gry Paulgaard
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Rural Places ◽  
Empirical Material

The paper investigates how refugees settled in rural Norway and Denmark experience and interact with their new rural places of residence. Theoretically, the paper finds inspiration in “phenomenology of practices” (Simonsen, Prog. Hum. Geogr., 2012, 37, 10–26), which emphasizes the bodily and sensory experiences of daily life that spur feelings of, for example, “orientation” or “disorientation”. The empirical material is based on fieldwork and qualitative interviews with refugees and local volunteers in 2016/2017/2019 in small towns in the rural north of Norway and rural Denmark. There are several differences between the Norwegian and Danish rural areas, in relation to distances, climate and population density. Nonetheless, the ways in which the rural areas are experienced from within, by refugees settled there, show surprisingly many similarities. Many of the informants, in both the Norwegian and Danish cases, initially expressed frustration at being placed in rural areas without having any say in the matter. Those who were former city-dwellers especially experienced moments of disorientation, as their encounters with Nordic rural life were experienced as the opposite of their urban backgrounds. Limiting structural conditions very much shape the everyday lives of refugees in the first years, when they do not have a car or the financial capacity to find their own house. They feel stressed, with busy everyday lives made up of long commuting hours on public transport. In these first years of uncertainty, the dark and harsh weather very much adds to the feeling of stress and insecurity. What seem to add “orientation” are social relations with other refugees and local volunteers organizing activities.

scholarly journals Joint Study of Fiction Books and Movies as a Method of Psycho-correctional work in ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Kostin
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
School Age ◽  
Work Content ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
The World ◽  
Joint Study

Technique of joint reading and discussion of fiction books and movies as a method of psycho-correctional therapy with autistic children of school age and young people is presented. Cognitive, emotional-volitional sphere deficits strongly impede the reading by autistic people on their own and productive mastering by them of the literature course at school age. In order to the work leave a mark in the soul of an autistic person, enrich his ideas about the world of people and about himself , it is necessary to learn a book slowly and to return to it on different occasions and in different contexts. The ways of aid an autistic person in connecting the work content and his own life experience and emotional impressions, in developing possibilities of an empathy, in remembering the content and using it later are described. Then, a matter of choosing appropriate books and films for such a job is discussed. The article describes techniques that help an autistic person to connect the content of a work with his own emotional experience and life experiences. Also it describes abilities which develop the empathy to the characters of a work, the memorization of the work's plot and the actualization of information about a work in the future.

scholarly journals The Everyday Power of Liturgy: On the Significance of the Transcendental for a Phenomenology of Liturgy

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 633
Author(s):  
Neal DeRoo
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Ritual Action ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World ◽  
Everyday Living

The task of this article is to articulate the everyday power of liturgy by clarifying the transcendental significance of ritual action. The paper makes three major claims: first, that liturgical practices function transcendentally, and therefore alter how we experience the world; second, that liturgical practices therefore exercise an immense formative power in our everyday living, including the power to open up or close down the possibility of encountering the sacred in our everyday lives; third, that this power of liturgy can be articulated theoretically through a transcendental phenomenological approach, thereby suggesting that a rigorous phenomenology of liturgy must necessarily include a transcendental element.

scholarly journals Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Questionnaire to Assess Mental Health and Concerning Behaviors in Children and Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): The Assessment of Concerning Behavior (ACB) Scale

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Tarver ◽  
Silia Vitoratou ◽  
Mathilde Mastroianni ◽  
Natalie Heaney ◽  
Eleanor Bennett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Autistic Children ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract Although 70% of autistic children and young people meet criteria for co-occurring psychiatric conditions, there are few screening measures specifically for autistic individuals. We describe the development and validation of the Assessment of Concerning Behavior (ACB), an instrument co-developed with the autistic community to assess mental health and problematic/risky behaviors. Items include descriptions to facilitate symptom recognition by autistic people, and carers/professionals. The ACB was completed by 255 parents, 149 autistic children and young people and 30 teachers. Internal consistency, stability and validity was assessed. The ACB parent-version fit a two-factor model (internalizing and externalizing problems) and showed adequate test–retest reliability, internal consistency and construct validity. The ACB is a promising new measure for research and clinical use in autism.

scholarly journals Precarity, rights and resistance in the everyday lives of children and young people

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-421
Author(s):  
Madeleine Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Children’S Perspectives ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
General Terms ◽  
The Everyday

This article addresses the relevance of the concepts of precarity, rights and resistance in general terms in relation to children and young people in ‘developed’ societies. It then specifically explores how this triple lens enables children’s perspectives and experiences of growing up in ‘post-conflict’ Belfast to be understood. The concept of ‘generagency’ is introduced as providing a useful conceptual tool for exploring the multiple and contradictory landscapes of childhood and how precarity, rights and resistance are experienced generationally.

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