Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences, Metropolitan State University of Denver, CO.
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Piedmont University, Demorest, GA.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 Mar 10;31(2):649-663. doi: 10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00223. Epub 2022 Feb 24.
This tutorial introduces speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to strategies that promote and support self-advocacy among autistic college students. The discussion for this tutorial is grounded within the framework of the social model of disability and the need for addressing environmental barriers to communication and self-advocacy.
We provide a self-advocacy framework to guide SLPs in developing programs for autistic adults. We describe factors that impact self-advocacy in autistic college students and the role of university-based SLPs and speech-language pathology graduate students in program implementation. Scenarios and examples are included to aid SLPs in implementing the recommendations.
Self-advocacy is a predictor of retention, adaptation, and graduation of autistic postsecondary students. Prior research on autistic self-advocacy is minimal, and guidance for SLPs on promoting and supporting self-advocacy of their autistic clients is limited. SLPs play a very important role as they can increase understanding and appreciation for autistic social communication differences among nonautistic peers and professors and address autistic stigma through meaningful engagement of autistic individuals in planning and program development.
本教程向言语语言病理学家（SLP）介绍了一些策略，这些策略可以促进和支持自闭症大学生的自我倡导。本教程的讨论基于残疾的社会模式以及解决沟通和自我倡导的环境障碍的必要性。
我们提供了一个自我倡导框架，指导 SLP 为自闭症成年人制定计划。我们描述了影响自闭症大学生自我倡导的因素，以及大学基础上的 SLP 和言语语言病理学研究生在计划实施中的作用。包括场景和示例，以帮助 SLP 实施建议。
自我倡导是自闭症大学生保留、适应和毕业的预测因素。关于自闭症自我倡导的先前研究很少，关于促进和支持自闭症客户自我倡导的 SLP 指导也有限。SLP 发挥着非常重要的作用，因为他们可以提高非自闭症同伴和教授对自闭症社交沟通差异的理解和欣赏，并通过让自闭症个体参与规划和项目开发来解决自闭症污名化问题。
