Project

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

Code
01D01620
Looptijd
01-02-2021 → 31-01-2025
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Psychopathology
    • Clinical and counselling psychology not elsewhere classified
Trefwoorden
Autismespectrumstoornis bijzondere interesses etnografisch onderzoek
 
Projectomschrijving

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.