Painting the vortex: The existential structure of the experience of parenting a child with autism

  • The experience of parenting a child with autism is one of change to the parent's self. The associated triad of impairment in autism of impaired communication, social skills and a repetitive way of being permeates into the self of the parent through the medium of the social parent child relationship. This is a progressive process likened to the parent being pulled into a vortex. The existential mechanisms through which this may plausibly occur are considered.

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Author:A. Cashin
Parent Title (English):International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Basingstoke (Routledge – Taylor and Francis) Vol. 13 (No. 3, 2004), pp. 164-174.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2004
Release Date:2012/12/13
Format:PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage
IdNo:Cashin_A_2004
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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