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Family holidays with autistic children: An exploratory study of parents’ emotion work due to service delivery failure

Allan Jepson Orcid Logo, Raphaela Stadler, Brian Garrod Orcid Logo, Stephen Page

Tourism Management, Volume: 117, Start page: 105449

Swansea University Author: Brian Garrod Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.tourman.2026.105449

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There is growing recognition that autistic children face significant emotional challenges during a family holiday. Interviews with parents of autistic children in the UK and Ireland were undertaken to explore parents’ perceptions of the role of emotions in service delivery failure. Inductive latent...

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ISSN: 0261-5177 1879-3193
Published: Elsevier BV 2026
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