Mothers of adolescents and adults with autism: Parenting multiple children with disabilities

Gael I. Orsmond; G. Yi Lin; Marsha Mailick Seltzer

doi:10.1352/1934-9556(2007)45[257:MOAAAW]2.0.CO;2

Mothers of adolescents and adults with autism: Parenting multiple children with disabilities

Gael I. Orsmond, G. Yi Lin, Marsha Mailick Seltzer

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	257-270+293
Journal	Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556(2007)45[257:MOAAAW]2.0.CO;2
Publication status	Published - 2007 Aug

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Community and Home Care
Psychiatry and Mental health

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