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Integration of families of people with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) into daily life
VANÍČKOVÁ, Kristýna
The bachelor's thesis deals with the issues connected to the life of children with ASD and their families. The main goal of this work is to describe the issues accompanying the family life and to find out how families of these children participate in everyday life, what services they use and in what way these services help them. The practical part is carried out through the form of a qualitative research strategy, the method of questioning and the technique of semi-structured interviews. The research group consists of 8 families of children with ASD, aged from 6 to 18, living in the South Bohemian Region. The snowball sampling method was chosen to select the research set. Interviews are conducted with the mothers of the children. The research results were evaluated by the open coding method. The method created 13 categories with individual codes. Each category contains at least 3 codes and at most 7 codes. The results of the research showed that the participation of the families takes place through non-governmental organizations providing social services. All the families that were interviewed have experience with this form of help and evaluate it very positively. Most often, the families work with the organization Autis Centrum, o. p. s., whose headquarters is located in České Budějovice. The most used services are social activation services for families with children and a relief service. Through these services families gain free time which they devote to rest, the children's siblings and other common activities that are not possible in the child's company. The research revealed how time-consuming the care for children with ASD is and showed the complexity of the family situation. The complex situation involves changes in family, social circles and employment. This bachelor thesis could serve as a source of information for students or also for the larger society. It could also serve as feedback to the aforementioned non-governmental organizations which provide social services.
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