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. 2022 Apr;52(4):1712-1724.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05070-0. Epub 2021 May 15.

Parental Views of Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bekir Fatih Meral  1   2
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Parental Views of Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bekir Fatih Meral. J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, the infection caused by the novel coronavirus detected in December 2019 by World Health Organization (WHO), has detrimentally impacted human life in a variety of areas. Many concepts including outbreak, pandemic, and quarantine have been an inseparable part of our lives. This kind of dialectic change naturally affects persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and developmental disorders (DD) and their families. The present study using a mixed-method evaluation aims to reveal the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the family functioning of children specifically with ASD in Turkey. This study promises a holistic understanding of how the lockdown depending on the COVID -19 pandemic affects families and their children with ASD with positive and negative sides.

Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic; Families; Mixed-method evaluation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The present study’s author(s) declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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