Exploring meanings of leisure among people with autism: “To have some fun on your own”

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Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H. (2017). Exploring meanings of leisure among people with autism: “To have some fun on your own”. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 5(1), 39-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2017.1324737

Journal or book title
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
39-46
Publication date: 4 Sep 2017 Added to AutiHub: 4 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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1 / 1 (100.0%)
  1. Hannah Bertilsdotter Rosqvist *

Abstract

This article explores how meanings of leisure are formulated among people with autism in relation to different notions of autism and leisure. The analysis is based on a discursive psychological analysis of articles in the Swedish magazine Empowerment (2002–2009), which was produced by and aimed at adults with autism. In relation to deficit notions of autistic special interests, the articles in the magazine formulated an alternative discourse that stressed the possibilities for meaningful leisure for people with autism, enabled by the right support, and on the continuum of leisure activities of non-autistic people. Central in the formulation of this ideal of meaningful leisure is its conditionality; by being socially functional or productive; as both self-developing and socially constructive.

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22
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17
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4
2 / 22 (9.1%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
3 / 22 (13.6%)
References with detected author names
22 / 22 (100.0%)
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0
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4
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38
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38
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0
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0
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0
9 / 38 (23.7%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 29 / 38 (76.3%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
2 / 38 (5.3%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 2 / 9 (22.2%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 2 / 36 (5.6%).
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