Viewing the World Through the Lens of 'Normal': The Perceptions of Children with ASD and Sport

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dc.contributor.advisorNakamura, Yuka
dc.contributor.authorMagat, Joyce Rheanelle
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-11T12:49:25Z
dc.date.available2020-05-11T12:49:25Z
dc.date.copyright2019-10
dc.date.issued2020-05-11
dc.date.updated2020-05-11T12:49:25Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative study was informed by grounded theory methods in order to explore sport providers perceptions. Eight sport providers took part in a semi-structured interview. The main overarching theme that emerged was constructing normalcy, specifically, the sport providers process of meaning-making about children with ASD and sport as well as efforts to create adaptive outcomes for children with ASD in sport. The emergent model demonstrates that the ways in which sport providers perceived sport, children with ASD, and parents of children with ASD, are all relative to what is presumed normal. A duality is also evident, in that the perceptions of sport both challenge and reproduce what is normal. The findings of this study proved essential to identifying what is assumed about the meaning and experiences of children with ASD in sport. Recommendations for sport providers, methodology, and future research are offered.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37433
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subject.keywordsQualitative
dc.subject.keywordsGrounded theory
dc.subject.keywordsSocial constructivism
dc.subject.keywordsPerceptions
dc.subject.keywordsAutism
dc.subject.keywordsSport providers
dc.subject.keywordsChildren with autism
dc.subject.keywordsParents
dc.subject.keywordsSport
dc.subject.keywordsNormalcy
dc.titleViewing the World Through the Lens of 'Normal': The Perceptions of Children with ASD and Sport
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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