The costs of caring for a child with an autism spectrum disorder

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-69

  Fletcher, Paula C ^a   Markoulakis, Roula ^b   Bryden, Pamela J ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

caregiving; costs of childhood autism spectrum disorder; mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856065591     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460862.2012.645407     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Allik, H., Larsson, J., & Smedje, H. (2006). Health-related quality of life in parents of school-age children with Asperger syndrome or high functioning autism. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 4, 1.
2. Autism Society of Canada. (2010). http://www.autismsocietycanada.ca/ understanding-autism/what-are-asds/index-e.html. Downloaded October 2010.
3. Duarte, C.S., Bordin, I.A., Yazigi, L., & Mooney, J. (2005). Factors associated with stress in mothers of children with autism. Autism, 9(4), 416-427. (Pubitemid 41489548)
4. Dunn, M.E., Burbine, T., Bowers, C.A., & Tantleff-Dunn, S. (2001). Moderators of stress in parents of children with autism. Community Mental Health Journal, 37(1), 39-51.
5. Gray, D.E. (1993). Perceptions of stigma: The parents of autistic children. Sociology of Health & Illness, 15(1), 102-120.
6. Gray, D.E. (2003). Gender and coping: the parents of children with high functioning autism. Social Science & Medicine, 56, 631-642. (Pubitemid 36051018)
7. Gray, D.E. (2006). Coping over time: the parents of children with autism. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50(12), 970-976. (Pubitemid 44697922)
8. Hastings, R.P., Kovshoff, H., Brown, T., Ward, N.J., Espinosa, F.D., & Remington, B. (2005). Coping strategies in mothers and fathers of preschool and school-age children with autism. Autism, 9(4), 377-391. (Pubitemid 41489546)
9. Higgins, D.J., Bailey, S.R., & Pearce, J.C. (2005). Factors associated with functioning style and coping strategies of families with a child with an autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 9(2), 125-137. (Pubitemid 40691633)
10. Jarbrink, K., Fombonne, E., & Knapp, M. (2003). Measuring the parental, service and cost impacts of children with autistic spectrum disorder: A pilot study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33(4), 396-402.
11. Lincoln, Y. & Guba, E. (1985). Naturalistic Inquiry. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
12. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (2010). http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail-autism.htm Downloaded October 2010.
13. rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
14. Plant, K.M., & Sanders, M.R. (2007). Predictors of care-giver stress in families of preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51(2), 109-124. (Pubitemid 46099906)
15. Sen, E., & Yurtsever, S. (2007). Difficulties experienced by families with disabled children. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 12(4), 238-252.
16. Sivberg, B. (2002). Family system and coping behaviors. Autism, 6(4), 397-409.
17. Twoy, R., Connolly, P.M., & Novak, J.M. (2007). Coping strategies used by parents of children with autism. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 19, 251-260.