Reflections of COVID-19 Pandemic on Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Descriptive Case Study

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore type of studies implemented for the autism spectrum disorders (ASD) community by institutions that directly deal with ASD during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and in the world. The descriptive case study design was used in the study. The contents on the websites of the institutions were analyzed through document analysis. According to the results, it was observed that the data consisted of supporting contents related to education, health, and public policies regarding the COVID-19 process and that the contents were frequently presented through webinars, visual representations, electronic text sources, online communication platforms, and social media environments. During this process, informative studies were frequently carried out and practical studies were rarely conducted. While it is considered that institutional studies both in Turkey and in the world may serve as an example to other institutional studies, it is considered that the diversity of these examples should be increased through cooperation between institutions.

Parents' Views of the Effect of Covid-19 on Individuals Wi̇th Special Needs: The Case of Turkey

“…In the aforementioned study mothers asserted that the fact their children were away from school and their peers led to some problems and that they failed to make pedagogic and material adaptations and encountered drawbacks in preparing or designing Haziran 2023 Cilt 25 Sayı 1 (97-120) equipment for their children. It was also stated that mothers found it challenging to prepare new routines at home for their children with ASD and had difficulty in coping with the stress and anxiety arising from this challenge (Sani-Bozkurt et al, 2021).…”

Exploring Turkish special education teachers’ experiences of emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…As a result, special education teachers found it difficult to collaborate with students via computers in distance education. It was observed that experts in the field and service provider organizations were attempting to assist families by coordinating information events on the education of children with special needs from different sources, including social media, during this process since field applied studies could not be conducted (Sani-Bozkurt et al, 2021).…”