Air travel experiences of autistic children/young people

Dempsey, Rhona; Healy, Olive; Lundy, Emma; Banks, Joanne; Lawler, M.

doi:10.1016/j.annale.2021.100026

Cited by 15 publications

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“…Ability-based differences shape one's perceived impairments and support needs. Our exploration of factors influencing the travel behavior of Chinese families with autism complements other research on travel behavior among people with autism (Dempsey et al, 2021). Our findings also enrich the knowledge base of accessible tourism.…”

Section: Theoretical Implicationssupporting

confidence: 66%

“…4.1.4 Socio-environmental constraints. Sensory stimuli in complex environments obstruct autistic people's travel (Dempsey et al, 2021). These individuals can be either hyper-or hyposensitive (Hochhauser and Engel-Yeger, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Knowledge of travel among families with autistic members is thin. A few scholars have investigated these families’ travel experiences via phenomenological analysis (Sedgley et al , 2017) and have analyzed travel behavior by describing families’ encounters in hotels and airports (Dempsey et al , 2021; Freund et al , 2019). However, most research has been exploratory, ignoring the possibility that autistic people’s travel behavior may change as they develop and failing to recognize that the needs of these individuals and their families may differ over time.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Family travel among people with autism: challenges and support needs

Zhao

Shi

et al. 2023

IJCHM

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Purpose People with autism and their families struggle with travel because of its complexity. This study aims to promote travel participation by exploring the travel needs and patterns of people with autism and their families. Design/methodology/approach A total of 28 participants were interviewed. Data were analyzed via constructivist grounded theory. Findings People with autism and their families displayed five travel patterns: mutual support, relatives’ visitation, independent travel, expanded socialization and package tours. These patterns were adopted in a stepwise fashion as the autistic individuals’ abilities improved. The travel challenges and support needs of Chinese autistic people and their families were identified. Practical implications The findings can inform accessibility tourism, promote an understanding of autistic people’s tourism activities among the public and industry marketers and offer strategic guidance about family travel for this population. Originality/value This effort responds to a call to investigate disability-related issues. The study evaluated the travel behavior of people with autism and their families, from a developmental perspective, presenting a new angle in research on accessibility tourism.

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confidence: 99%

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Family travel among people with autism: challenges and support needs

Zhao

Shi

et al. 2023

IJCHM

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“…Where the research becomes more nuanced is in its impact on the family lives of individuals with disabilities. While some studies suggest tourism contributes to family stability and cohesion (Freund et al, 2019;Pagán, 2015;McCabe, 2009), others point out the challenges it poses to families with specific needs, making tourism a complex experience that can sometimes be more stressful than enriching (Eusebio & Pedrosa, 2021;Dempsey et al, 2021).…”

Section: Right To Tourism For Allmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We believe that, with our research, we expand the corpus of works on tourism and disability that, undoubtedly and very pertinently, has been steadily growing for decades now (Singh et al, 2021). Regarding its production, the academic tourist literature has been changing both its approach and its subject of study, moving from a perspective focused on the analysis of the resources and characteristics of accessible offerings (Domínguez et al, 2018;Mahmoudzadeh & Kourdi, 2018;Lyu, 2017;Capitaine, 2016;Özogul & Baran, 2016), to an increased interest in exploring the tourist experiences of people with disabilities (Qiao et al, 2021;Reindrawati et al, 2022;Moura et al, 2022;Dempsey et al, 2021;Rickly et al, 2021;Özcan et al, 2021;Richards et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 97%

Tourists With Intellectual Disabilities

Sanchez-Padilla,

Calero Valverde,

Vicente Rabanaque

et al. 2024

Tourism (Zagreb, Online)

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This article analyses the tourism experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities to explore the meanings, motivations and tourism demands of a historically forgotten group, using a qualitative methodological design based on focus groups. The results show that people with intellectual disabilities are highly interested in tourism: to see different places, to have new experiences, and for their hedonic enjoyment. However, this interest is always subject to being accompanied, either by their family or by a group of peers with professional support. The main barriers identified respond to structural issues, such as the lack of cognitive accessibility or the lack of knowledge and training of tourism services staff about their needs, exacerbating prejudices towards this group.

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Measuring and validating autistic burnout

Mantzalas,

Richdale,

et al. 2024

Autism Research

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Researchers have begun to explore the characteristics and risk factors for autistic burnout, but assessment tools are lacking. Our study comprehensively examined and compared the psychometric properties of the unpublished 27‐item AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure (ABM), and personal and work scales of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) to evaluate their efficacy as screening measures for autistic burnout, with a group of 238 autistic adults. Exploratory factor analyses (EFA) revealed a 4‐factor structure for the ABM and a 2‐factor structure for the CBI personal scale (CBI‐P). Factorial validity and dimensionality were examined with four exploratory models which indicated a unidimensional structure for the ABM with an overarching ‘Autistic Burnout’ construct, and multidimensional CBI‐P structure comprising two subscales and overarching ‘Personal Burnout’ construct. Other reliability and validity indicators included Spearman correlations, analysis of variance, receiver operating characteristics, sensitivity, specificity, and intra‐class correlations (ICC). The ABM and CBI‐P were strongly correlated with depression, anxiety, stress, and fatigue. Unexpectedly, correlations between the burnout measures and camouflaging, and wellbeing measures were moderate. Potential overlap between burnout and depression and fatigue was examined through EFA, which supported convergent validity of the ABM and depression measure, while correlations and ICC analyses revealed mixed results. We concluded that the ABM and the CBI‐P Emotional Exhaustion subscale were valid preliminary screening tools for autistic burnout. Testing with larger and more diverse autistic samples is required to further examine the psychometric properties of the ABM, and to understand the relationships between autistic burnout and depression, and masking.

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Air travel experiences of autistic children/young people

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Family travel among people with autism: challenges and support needs

Family travel among people with autism: challenges and support needs

Tourists With Intellectual Disabilities

Measuring and validating autistic burnout

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