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Military Families with Children with Autism

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Military families with children with autism are a subgroup of families with children with autism who have at least one member serving in the Armed Forces. The service members of military families may enlist with any one of several branches of the Armed Forces including the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard (during national emergencies or wartime situations), Marine Corps, and Navy (Blaisure et al. 2012). The service members of military families may be active duty, reserve, or National Guard members. Active duty members are full-time service men and women, which also requires their families to be full-time military families. Reserve and National Guard members are part-time forces, trained and ready if they are called upon to serve under command of the President or state governor, respectively (Blaisure et al. 2012). Since Reservists and National Guard members are part-time, their families are also part-time military families, frequently living in civilian communities with limited...

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  1. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, USA

    Jennifer M. D. Kremkow

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Kremkow, J.M.D. (2018). Military Families with Children with Autism. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102205-1

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