Autistic Children Summary

As a parent it’s hard to imagine the hard implication that consist in taking care of child and their needs, nonetheless a child with autism spectrum disorder. Children with autism not only need the same things as other children but also require special care consisting of therapist, medication and special programs that go accordingly with each of their needs. Raising an autistic children can cause some strain in a couple even if they have a lot of affection towards their child. The article goes through a study that focuses on this issue. A hundred and seventy six families with an autistic children where studied through a fourteen day log diary. In this log parents wrote how their child symptoms and behavior affected their daily life.
Parents are clueless whether their child will be born an autistic child which leaves them unprepared for the task ahead. As parents struggle to adapt to this lifestyle they learn how to cope with this …show more content…
Children with disabilities can be handful especially when the parent are required more responsibilities than the average parent. Normally children act on impulses causing them be in trouble. Now imagine a child with autism who are even more impulsive. They can’t differentiate between right and wrong as well as other children. In an act of play they can produce a behavior than in their minds is ok but in others is found as violent and aggressive. Parental with autistic not only have to deal with the consequential outcomes that their children due but also the misdemeanor of other eyes. Children are not the only ones that can be outcasts in society but also the parents which goes to show they can only rely in each other. Therefore the strain that comes with taking care of a child with disabilities can be a huge obstacle for a couple but in turn can be much rewarding by creating close bonds and sense of