Ivana Vasilevska Petrovska, Natalia Petrevska, Vladimir Trajkovski
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Abstract
The aim of presented study was to explore barriers and facilitators of optimal support for social and developmental outcomes for people with ASD. The survey was based on the semistructured interviews with parents of people with ASD, as well as professionals supporting persons with ASD. Thematic analysis of the data was viewed with regard to positive and negative practices that essentially serve as barriers and facilitators of optimal support of individuals with ASD.
The results showed three levels of perceived barriers and facilitators of optimal support: (1) individual – related to the level of autistic impairment, (2) attitudinal – related to social interpretation of individual behaviour and needs, and (3) systemic – related to the education and welfare approach and practice at macro level. Insights from viewpoints of key stakeholders represent indispensable considerations in promotion of health, equity and well-beingof individuals with ASD and to inform the development of an individualized support system based on the person-centred planning approach.
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The international journal Studia Psychologica is published by the Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, since 1956. The journal publishes original articles in the area of psychology of cognitive processes in personality and social context. The journal aims at providing contributions to the understanding of cognitive processes which are used in the everyday functioning of human beings. This includes studies on the acquisition and use of knowledge about the world by human beings, the nature of such knowledge, and the relationship between knowledge, behavior and personality conceived as an agent in his/her environment.