Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elucidate how care professionals/providers construe, understand and make sense of the characteristics that are important when providing care to adults with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, based on their experiences of working within their roles within a residential care setting. Design/methodology/approach Care professionals and providers working at a community autism and intellectual disability service were interviewed to ascertain their experiences of working with this client group. The research design adopted a qualitative methodology using repertory grids. Findings Ten members of staff who agreed to participate formed the study’s sample. This consisted of team leaders, support workers, one member of the executive management team and one clinical member of staff. Ten themes were identified for working effectively with people with autism and intellectual disabilities. These were: making autism-specific adaptations, approachable, reflective/self-aware, strong understanding of their residents/empathetic, benevolent, empowering, follows plans consistently, confident in ability to support residents with autism, resilient, respectful. Practical implications The paper discusses each of these ten themes above and how employers can aid in selecting individuals who may be more suited to working with this patient group. Originality/value A literature search demonstrated a lack of empirical research, especially qualitative research, on this topic.

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与智障自闭症患者一起工作-使用保留格的定性研究

目的本文的目的是根据在智障人士和自闭症谱系成年人中的工作经验，阐明护理专业人员/提供者如何理解，理解和理解在为智障和自闭症谱系障碍成年人提供护理时重要的特征。院舍护理环境。设计/方法/方法采访了在社区自闭症和智力残疾服务部门工作的护理专业人员和提供者，以确定他们与该客户群合作的经验。研究设计采用了定性方法，使用了储备格。研究结果同意参加的十名员工组成了研究样本。其中包括团队负责人，支持人员，执行管理团队的一名成员和一名临床人员。确定了与自闭症和智障人士有效合作的十个主题。它们是：进行自闭症适应，平易近人，反思/自我意识，对居民的深刻理解/善解人意，仁慈，授权，遵循计划，始终如一，对自闭症患者的支持能力充满信心，有韧性，尊重。实际意义本文讨论了以上十个主题中的每一个，以及雇主如何帮助选择更适合与该患者群体合作的个人。原创性/价值文献检索表明，在该主题上缺乏实证研究，尤其是定性研究。对居民的深刻理解/善解人意，仁慈，授权，遵循计划，始终如一，有能力以自闭症来支持居民，有韧性，尊重他人。实际意义本文讨论了以上十个主题中的每一个，以及雇主如何帮助选择更适合与该患者群体合作的个人。原创性/价值文献检索表明，在该主题上缺乏实证研究，尤其是定性研究。对居民的深刻理解/善解人意，仁慈，授权，遵循计划，始终如一，有能力以自闭症来支持居民，有韧性，尊重他人。实际意义本文讨论了以上十个主题中的每一个，以及雇主如何帮助选择更适合与该患者群体合作的个人。原创性/价值文献检索表明，在该主题上缺乏实证研究，尤其是定性研究。