Proceso diagnóstico de las familias con un hijo/a con TEA

Abstract

This paper analyses the diagnostic process families whose children have Autism Spectrum Disorder Syndrome  (ASD) go through. ASD affects individually but also affects the whole family. For this reason, our aim is to investigate how families face diagnosis, what resources they have, what kind of information they get at the moment of diagnosis, what services they use, etc. Ten families with a child with ASDs participated. A questionnaire with open-ended and closed questions was developed. Results show that after a time of suspicion, the families search for a diagnosis, that in most cases, they are given by private services. However, their children’s school is the main resource they can count on after diagnosis.