Abstract

As adolescents transition into young adults, many changes take place within family relationships as young adults move away from home. Young adults may be living away from parents and siblings for the first time and will establish communication patterns that can affect the rest of their life (citation). Relationships largely rely on communication in which young adults and their siblings with autism may experience changes in communication patterns as they move away from home. This study examined six young adults who all have a sibling with autism with whom they are no longer living. An examination of how close these young adults felt to their sibling with autism was performed along with an examination of the amount of days contact was held with the sibling with autism. The use of digital reminders was used to increase communication in the sibling relationship The study found that when participants were able to successfully increase their communication with their sibling with autism, perceptions of how close participants felt to that sibling increased.

Degree

College and Department

David O. McKay School of Education; Counseling Psychology and Special Education

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