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Parents’ Voices on The Advocacy of Children with Autism When Facing The Puberty

Authors
Gunarhadi Gunarhadi1, *, Sugini Sugini1, Mahardika Supratiwi1
1Special Education Program Faculty of Teaching Training and Education, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: gunarhadi@staff.uns.ac.id
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Gunarhadi Gunarhadi
Available Online 4 December 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_105How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Advocacy; Children with Autism; Parents’ Voices; Puberty
Abstract

Children with autism need various accesses to health and educational support and services. Parents often face various challenges in providing these accesses, especially when their children face puberty. These challenges can have an impact on high levels of parental stress which in turn has an impact on parents' mental health and well-being. Parental advocacy is crucial in raising children with autism. Advocacy can be an active coping strategy for parents of children with disabilities. However, not all parents advocate effectively for children with autism. This study explores how parents of children with autism engage in parental advocacy, the challenges they face, and the advocacy skills that have been developed by parents especially when their children face puberty. This study employed an exploratory, qualitative study. Participants in this study include ten parents of children with autism. An interview was applied in this research to collect the data. Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The result showed two major themes, including (1) seeking help and diagnosis and (2) parental advocacy skills. Based on the results of this study, it can be illustrated the challenges faced by parents, the parental advocacy process, and the advocacy skills developed by parents of children with autism when dealing with puberty matters for their children.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
4 December 2023
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978-2-38476-114-2
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2352-5398
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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