The role of autistic agency in recovery from mental health illness
Quinn, A. & Rowland, S. (2024). The role of autistic agency in recovery from mental health illness. In Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People (pp. 33-42). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003352327-5
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This chapter, written by two neurodivergent parents on neurodivergent children, emphasise the importance of agency (i.e., facilitating psychological understanding with a person and their family in a way that is collaborative, democratic, and non-pathologising) and reflect on the devastating effects of not having agency (i.e., not just hindering recovery but also leading to new challenges/conditions). This chapter aims to support practitioners to reflect on their capacity to increase agency in everyday practice, employing a neurodiversity affirmative perspective.
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