Strange Children, Strange Parents?: Stresses, Skills, and Desires of Parents of Autistic Children
Strange Children, Strange Parents?: Stresses, Skills, and Desires of Parents of Autistic Children
Raising autistic children poses particular challenges for affected parents and often pushes them to their emotional and practical limits in everyday life. If their children's behavior is met with incomprehension in public, parents are confronted with accusations of failed upbringing, lack of parenting skills or lack of willingness to cooperate, even though they themselves play an expert role with regard to their autistic child.