How do people understand the role that a diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Condition plays in their identity? : a interpretative phenomenological analysis.

As autism spectrum conditions were not recognised by most as diagnosable conditions until the 1980’s (APA, 1980), there are people, already adults by this time, who would not have been diagnosed in childhood and may only receive a diagnosis in adulthood. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to explore the experiences of five people who had been given a diagnosis on the autism spectrum…