University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 11-3-2015 Adolescent Females with High-Functioning ASD: Self and Mothers’ Perspectives of Their choS ol and Social Experiences Lindsey Land University of South Florida,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the Educational Psychology Commons, Psychology Commons, and the Special Education and Teaching Commons Scholar Commons Citation Land, Lindsey, "Adolescent Females with High-Functioning ASD: Self and Mothers’ Perspectives of Their chooS l and Social Experiences" (2015). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5980 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Adolescent Females with High-Functioning ASD: Self and Mothers’ Perspectives of Their School and Social Experiences by Lindsey Land A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Educational Specialist Department of Educational and Psychological Studies College of Education University of South Florida Major Professor: Linda Raffaele Mendez, Ph.D. Robert Dedrick, Ph.D. Phyllis Jones, Ph.D. Date of Approval: October 30, 2015 Keywords: autism, girls, qualitative, education, parents Copyright © 2015, Lindsey Land TABLE OF CONTENTS List