Abstract: Autism has been described as a condition with a greater number of stress than any other disability. Research that has been accomplished is explored and used as a basis to study new directions required to meet the needs of parents coping with the demands. Raising a child with autism is one of the hardest things a parent will ever have to do. The present study aimed to assess the awareness and problems faced by parents of children with autism and the objectives of the study were to assess the awareness of parents regarding autism and what different problems they faced while dealing with day to day challenges of child. The self-devised interview schedule was applied on parents in order to collect requisite information from them. Results of the present study indicated that majority parents suffered due to over expenditure on treatment of child due to which other expenses did not meet-up and affect overall family. Parents has been affected in different ways but majority of them stated that mental stress invites many problems in family as their whole mind and time revolves around the disable child. The life of the parents has entirely changed and usually experience social isolation which shattered their mental and physical wellbeing. It is seen from the results that family support and faith on God bring positive attitude among parents and act as a motivation and coping mechanism while dealing with day to day challenges of disable child. Majority of parents were not aware about the autism disorder however only few percent were exposed about the ASD during consultation of child specialist.
Keywords: Awareness, Problems, Autism, Parents and children.
Title: Awareness and Problems of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Author: Dr. Aadil Bashir, Shabana khurshid, Dr. Foziya Qadri
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1226 (online), ISSN 2348-1218 (print)
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