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Project

The functions of special interests in the lives of people with autism spectrum disorder: a theoretically guided ethnographic study

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01D01620

Duration

01 February 2021 → 31 January 2025

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Stijn Vanheule

Fellow

Marie Lizon

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Psychopathology
- Clinical and counselling psychology not elsewhere classified

Keywords

Autism spectrum disorder special interests ethnographic research

Project description

The strong presence of a normative, deficit-oriented perspective in research on special interests has led to a one-sided and poor understanding of the phenomenon. This project aims to actively respond to this lack by using ethnographic methods and recent psychoanalytical theory to study the function, meaning and experience of special interests in the lives of people with autism spectrum disorder.

English

Dutch

English

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