”Var är den goda glassen?” : En studie av föräldrar till barn med neuropsykiatriska diagnoser och deras upplevelse av samhällsstödi biografier

• Main Authors: Ekström, Heidi, Israelsson, Annika
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan 2009
• Subjects: ADHD; ADD; Autism; Aspergers Syndrome; samhällsstöd; upplevelse; biografi; Social work; Socialt arbete
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-30819

Abstract The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate how parents of children diagnosed with Autism, Aspergers Syndrome or ADHD/ADD describe their experience of the Swedish welfare support system in written biographies. To answer this question a study of five biographies written by parents with children diagnosed with ADHD, Autism and Asperger Syndrome where made. The conclusion was that the social network itself is of great importance to the parents. Families with single parents experienced a less positive experience of the Swedish welfare support system than parents with a spouse. The study also reveiled that families with a supporting social network and a solid financial ground in combination had the best experience of the Swedish social welfare support system. Furthermore the importance of being able to choose and in detail effect decisions made about the specific social welfare support received by the child or family proved to effect the experience.