自閉症青年自我決策狀況之分析－以臺灣中部地區為例

Analysis of Self-Determination for Youths with Autism: Case Studies in the Middle Taiwan

楊詠雯(Yung-Wen Yang) ； 林宏熾(Hung-Chin Lin) ； 林示安(Shih-An Lin) ； 周穎馨(Ying-Hsing Chou) ； 柯馨絜(Hsing-Chieh Ke)

《身心障礙研究季刊》 3卷2期 (2005/06) Pp. 102-112

https://doi.org/10.30072/JDR.200506.0003

摘要

本研究旨在探討中部地區自閉症青年自我決策能力及相關因素之現況。以質性研究深度訪談收集中部地區5位自閉症青年，分析其自我決策能力的發展情況、不同背景因素在自我決策能力上的表現情形，以作為家長及相關人員規劃及發展自閉症青年自我決策能力之參考，並就自我決策之理念提出相關的改善建議。研究結果及建議如下：一、受訪自閉症青年之家長對自我決策的重要性深表認同，但他們普遍不了解其內涵，所以如何妥善提供相關資訊及宣導教育相形重要。2.受訪之自閉症青年的認知及家長教養態度會影響自我決策特質表現程度，如何從親職教育等多方面提供家長學習教養管道不容忽視。3.自我決策能力並未因年齡較長有較高的表現，而輕度障礙自閉症青年之自我決策能力表現程度優於重度自閉症者，安置於普通班之自閉症青年，其自我決策能力表現程度高於安置於特殊班之自閉症青年，而生長於大家庭結構及低社經地位之自閉症青年，其自我決策能力表現程度較高。因此，如何提升家庭互動關係及安排學習環境，以培養自閉症青年的自我覺察、自我選擇等決策技能，在自閉症者各教育階段中更應思考如何適切規劃自我決策相關課程。

關鍵字

自我決策 ； 自閉症青年 ； 質性研究

並列摘要

The qualitative analysis was conducted in this research to the subjects of 5 male youths with autism in Middle Taiwan. By snowball sampling and semi-structural guideline interviews, annotated and assembled the whole relevant materials through the indepth interviews. The ability situation and the backgrounds to the behavioral situation on self-determination of youths with autism were analyzed and conceptualized in this paper. The research results and suggestions as followings: Parents of youth with autism expressed it was important of self-determination. The cognition of youth with autism and the parent's breed attitude caused the different performance results of self-determination. Therefore, it is important provide the necessary information and guideness to educate the parents and youths with autism properly to improve their self-determination ability. The performance levels of self-determination ability were affected by disability level, family structure, grow-up environment and social status. But, it didn’t have the better performance because of the older age. That is a consideration to plan and develop the related curriculum of self-determination to the youths of autism properly in the autism each educational stage.

並列關鍵字

Qualitative research ； self-determination ； youths with autism

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