SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland.
University of Warsaw, Poland.
Autism. 2023 Jul;27(5):1348-1361. doi: 10.1177/13623613221135818. Epub 2022 Nov 14.
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.
自闭症成年人经历着较高水平的痛苦。寻找支持他们福祉的新方法是研究人员和临床医生的重要目标。我们评估了自闭症成年人看待自身自闭症的方式，是将其视为一种障碍还是一种思维类型（神经多样性），以及他们与其他自闭症人群融合的程度，并检查了这些因素如何影响他们的幸福感。将自闭症视为一种思维类型而非障碍的人自尊心更高。将自己视为与其他自闭症人士更相似的人会感到更大的压力，但对于将自闭症视为一种思维类型的人来说，这一结果并不准确。临床医生应该对自闭症人士理解自闭症的方式以及他们对自闭症群体的认同程度保持敏感，因为这可能与他们的幸福感有关。
