Looking through rainbow-rimmed glasses: Taking neurodiversity perspective is related to subjective well-being of autistic adults
Looking through rainbow-rimmed glasses: Taking neurodiversity perspective is related to subjective well-being of autistic adults
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Ferenc, Kinga
Płatos, Mateusz
Byrka, Katarzyna
Król, Magdalena
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2023-07
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Autism
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5
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27
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1348-1361
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1362-3613
1461-7005
1461-7005
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2025-09
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Autistic adults experience a high level of distress. Finding new ways to support their well-being is an important goal for researchers and clinicians. We assessed the way autistic adults view their autism, as a disorder or as a type of mind (neurodiversity), and the level they integrate with other autistic people, and we checked how those factors contribute to their well-being. People who see autism rather as a type of mind than as a disorder had higher self-esteem. People who view themselves as more similar to other autistic people felt more stressed, but this result was not accurate for people who view autism as a type of mind. Clinicians should be sensitive to the way autistic people understand autism and to what extent they identify with the autism community, because it may relate to their well-being.
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attitude towards autism
autism spectrum conditions
in-group identification
psychological distress
self-esteem
subjective well-being
autism spectrum conditions
in-group identification
psychological distress
self-esteem
subjective well-being
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