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To examine the personal, ethical, and systemic consequences of autism disclosure to children's social work practitioners, focusing on mother-blame and evaluations of parenting capability.

June 6, 2025Ought The Journal of Autistic CultureOpen Access

Dangerous Disclosure: An Autoethnographic Account of My Autism Diagnosis and the Social Work Profession

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ARAlice RunningUniversity of Nevada, Reno

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Autoethnography reveals how autism disclosure triggers maternal blame and scrutiny in child social work, highlighting significant constraints on diagnostic autonomy.

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To examine the personal, ethical, and systemic consequences of autism disclosure to children's social work practitioners, focusing on mother-blame and evaluations of parenting capability.
Autoethnographic single-case study (N=1) analyzing the author's lived experience as an autistic mother advocating for her autistic children.
Qualitative reflection on interactions with children's social work practitioners following diagnostic disclosure.
Diagnostic disclosure exposed the mother to heightened scrutiny and mother-blame regarding parenting capability from social care services.
The perceived or real threat of child removal severely compromised personal autonomy and genuine free will regarding diagnostic disclosure decisions.

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Alice Running (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d2bbc73c56dd1bd2f4ef9 https://doi.org/10.9707/2833-1508.1212

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Autoethnography reveals how autism disclosure triggers maternal blame and scrutiny in child social work, highlighting significant constraints on diagnostic autonomy.

Dangerous Disclosure: An Autoethnographic Account of My Autism Diagnosis and the Social Work Profession

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Dangerous Disclosure: An Autoethnographic Account of My Autism Diagnosis and the Social Work Profession

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