‘Kiss, cuddle, squeeze’: the experiences and meaning of touch among parents of children with autism attending a touch therapy programme

Lesley A. Cullen; Julie H. Barlow

doi:10.1177/136749350200600303

‘Kiss, cuddle, squeeze’: the experiences and meaning of touch among parents of children with autism attending a touch therapy programme

Lesley A. Cullen, Julie H. Barlow

Coventry University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	171-181
Journal	Journal of Child Health Care
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/136749350200600303
Publication status	Published - Sep 2002

Bibliographical note

Lesley Cullen has subsequently changed her name to Lesley Powell. The full text of this item is not available from the repository.
The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Journal of Child Health Care 6(3), September 2002 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved ©.

Keywords

autism
closeness
communication
parents
touch therapy

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Cullen, L. A., & Barlow, J. H. (2002). ‘Kiss, cuddle, squeeze’: the experiences and meaning of touch among parents of children with autism attending a touch therapy programme. Journal of Child Health Care, 6(3), 171-181. https://doi.org/10.1177/136749350200600303

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