Irish Families Under Stress ? Volume 6.(Planning for the future of Autistic Persons)
I am very glad to see that Professor Fitzgerald is continuing to carry out research on Irish families under stress. It is important that the causes and effects of stress on families continues to be researched, and that the outcomes of that research are published as in instrument for planners, including health planners, at national and local level. The challenges and demands placed on families in the 90's are varied and take on a totally different dimension when a family unit has cared for a member who is elderly or disabled. In this regard a family member with autism presents a particular challenge. The support provided by the health services, with a range of programmes of day care, home support, educational, and respite, is very much welcomed by the parents and siblings of the autistic child. Cognisance has to be taken of the care demand met by the family unit. Professor Fitzgerald's research on the stress associated with family care will be welcomed by those families and health care providers generally.
Fitzgerald M, Matthews P, Birkbeck G., OConnor J
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