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Mothers of Adolescents and Adults with Autism: Parenting Multiple Children with Disabilities
Orsmond, Gael I.; Lin, Ling-Yi; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, v45 n4 p257-270 Aug 2007
We examined types of disabilities in siblings from a large sample of families of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and the impact of another child with a disability on maternal and family well-being. The most frequent disabilities in siblings were attention and hyperactivity (4.6%) and autism spectrum (2.4%) disorders and psychiatric (2.1%) and learning (2.0%) disabilities. Mothers parenting another child with a disability (in addition to the child with ASD) had higher levels of depressive symptoms and anxiety and lower family adaptability and cohesion compared with mothers whose only child with a disability had ASD (matched on child age and family size). Findings are discussed with respect to understanding the needs of such families, including service provision. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Child Rearing, Adolescents, Siblings, Mothers, Hyperactivity, Family Size, Depression (Psychology), Autism, Adults, Family Influence, Well Being, Family Relationship, Attention Deficit Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Psychological Patterns, Mental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Comparative Analysis, Anxiety
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