This study focuses on young people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism who, due to child welfare concerns, have grown up in children's residential care and are now transitioning out of care at the age of 18 years towards young adulthood. This transition is termed “care leaving” and the young people in transition “care leavers”. The care leaving transition can be particularly difficult for young people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism. These challenges can be magnified in a time of a global crisis like COVID-19, which has resulted in countries being on lockdown and care leavers’ transitions being curtailed. Many mental health problems have emerged due to the COVID-19 outbreak and resultant lockdown that may negatively impact on the care leaving transition of young people with intellectual disabilities.

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COVID-19 期间从寄宿儿童保育过渡到成年：南非智障和/或自闭症谱系障碍青少年的经历

这项研究的重点是智障和/或自闭症的年轻人，他们出于对儿童福利的考虑，在儿​​童寄宿照料中长大，现在正从 18 岁的照料过渡到成年。这种过渡被称为“离开照顾者”，而处于过渡期的年轻人被称为“离开照顾者”。对于智障和/或自闭症的年轻人来说，离开护理的过渡可能特别困难。在像 COVID-19 这样的全球危机时期，这些挑战可能会被放大，这导致各国处于封锁状态，护理离职人员的过渡被缩减。由于 COVID-19 的爆发和由此产生的封锁，许多心理健康问题出现了，这可能对智障年轻人的护理离开过渡产生负面影响。