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Gemegah, Eli, Hartas, Dimitra and Totsika, Vasiliki (2021) Public attitudes to people with ASD : contact, knowledge and ethnicity. Advances in Autism, 7 (3). pp. 225-240. doi:10.1108/AIA-01-2020-0009 ISSN 2056-3868.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/AIA-01-2020-0009
Abstract
Purpose
The increase in autism prevalence and presentation in the media suggests a rise in public awareness. This paper aims to explore what factors (contact, knowledge and ethnicity) may be associated to positive attitudes towards individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Design/methodology/approach
An online survey examined contact with and knowledge of ASD among Black, Asian and White ethnic groups to predict public attitudes to people with ASD.
Findings
In multiple regression models, the results suggested that the level of contact predicts positive attitudes towards autism when demographic factors were accounted. The level of knowledge about autism were significantly associated to attitudes, but not consistently when demographic factors were accounted. However, differences in knowledge and attitudes to people with ASD were identified amongst Black, Asian and White ethnic groups.
Research limitations/implications
These findings have implications for policy and public health and education campaigns, including ensuring contact and knowledge of autism among the public.
Originality/value
These findings have implications for policy and public health and education campaigns, including ensuring contact and knowledge of autism among the public. Additionally, further effort is required to target public knowledge and attitudes to autism, particularly among ethnic groups. Institutional support tailored to encourage structured and unstructured contact across public domains such as education, health, social and care practices could effectively reduce prejudice between the public and people with ASD over time
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Autism, Autism -- Attitudes, Parents of autistic children -- Services for, Social work with minorities, Autistic children -- Education, Cross-cultural studies -- Autistic children | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Advances in Autism | ||||||||
Publisher: | Emerald Publishing | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2056-3868 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 11 August 2021 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 7 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 225-240 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1108/AIA-01-2020-0009 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | copyright © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 September 2020 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 November 2020 | ||||||||
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