Perspectives on the Social Participation of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Descriptive Data From a Provincial Survey

Abstract

Abstract Date Presented 03/26/20 A program was launched in 2016 to draw a portrait of the social participation of adults with ASD and identify barriers and facilitators to their social participation. We conducted an online survey with 16- to 40-year-old adults with ASD (n = 201) and with parents of adults with ASD (n = 107). Areas investigated included: education, work, leisure, housing, and responsibility from the Human Development Model conceptual framework—Disability Creation Process (HDM-DCP). Primary Author and Speaker: Melanie Couture Contributing Authors: Claude Normand, Claudine Jacques, Julie Ruel, France Beauregard, Stephanie Fecteau, Jade Berbari