1: Pediatrics. 2007 Feb;119 Suppl 1:S114-21. Links
The relationship between autism and parenting stress.
Schieve LA,
Blumberg SJ,
Rice C,
Visser SN,
Boyle C.
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop E-86, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333. lschieve@cdc.gov.
OBJECTIVE. We assessed associations between parenting a child with autism and stress indicators.
METHODS. In the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, parents or other knowledgeable adult respondents for children aged 4 to 17 years reported their recent feelings about their life sacrifices to care for their child, difficulty caring for their child, frustration with their child's actions, and anger toward their child. Responses were compiled in the Aggravation in Parenting Scale. Parents of children reported to have autism (N = 459) were compared with parents of: (1) children with special health care needs including emotional, developmental, or behavioral problems other than autism that necessitated treatment (children with other developmental problems [N = 4545]); (2) children with special health care needs without developmental problems (N = 11475); and (3) children without special health care needs (N = 61826). Weighted estimates are presented.
RESULTS. Parents of children with autism were more likely to score in the high aggravation range (55%) than parents of children with developmental problems other than autism (44%), parents of children with special health care needs without developmental problems (12%), and parents of children without special health care needs (11%). However, within the autism group, the proportion of parents with high aggravation was 66% for those whose child recently needed special services and 28% for those whose child did not. The parents of children with autism and recent special service needs were substantially more likely to have high aggravation than parents of children with recent special service needs in each of the 3 comparison groups. Conversely, parents of children with autism but without recent special service needs were not more likely to have high aggravation than parents of children with other developmental problems.
CONCLUSIONS. Parenting a child with autism with recent special service needs seems to be associated with unique stresses.
PMID: 17272578 [PubMed - in process]
Really? Who knew!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
How Much Money Did They Spend on This?
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Yeah, they could have read lots of stuff here and on many other blogs for free! I could have told them all about the unique stress associated with trying to make breaded chicken nuggets without corn or gluten that my kids will eat, or the unique stress associted with trying to get the new expensive probiotics into Hutton's system when he won't swallow capsules or anything that smells like it might have a supplement in it. Think I'll try the applesauce again. Haven't tried that in a while!
4:28 PM
I guess someone had to point out the obvious. The fact that some parents of kids with autism are killing and injuring their kids didn't give them a little hint?
Our tax dollars at work.
Ground Breaking!! I wonder if they tell us at some point that being a research rat increases the rat's chance of contracting cancer!!?
Man, I just read that in the Journal of DUH, that explains everthing.
Saw this today. You've probably seen it and have views on it but just in case
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6369347.stm
Ground breaking! The things that people waste their time on researching. Ask anyone with a child with autism about their stresses and I'm sure they could of got the same conclusions. I like how they throw in a bunch of %'s to make it sound ligit. Hello!!!! This is a hard stressful life for a parent. DUH!!! I don't think I need to read an article based on %'s, I can simply read your blog and others who deal with it on a daily basis. My heart goes out to you guys. It has got to be tough.
Well duh!
Can the Big H eat cinnamon? How about you hide those supplement$ in cinnamon applesauce? It's got a strong smell that may mask any smell of suspicion...
BFF
BFF - He's been taking the supplements in regular applesauce the past few days. Yay! I cram as much stuff as possible in a cup of applesauce and he actually eats it. I don't want to add anything too foul tasting, though, or that will ruin the applesauce thing! Juice works some of the time, but some days I'll find a full cup with various amounts of "powdered money" -- ie the probiotics or yeast stuff -- sprinkled in it hours later.
You'd think that as a researcher you would be embarrassed to publish something like that. It's like saying, "Look at me! I spent all this research money and I discovered that the earth is indeed round! I am brilliant! Duh!
I am sure us families could have found a better place to put the money that funded that study!
I am also amused listening to your saga regarding supplements. Have you been spying on us? Are you sure your not talking about my child?
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