Searching for acceptance: Challenges encountered while raising a child with autism

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-152

  Altiere, Matthew J ^a   Von Kluge, Silvia ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Coping; Families

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 68349095331     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668250902845202     Document Type: Article

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