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The Need for Caregiver Support for Families of Children with ASD

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The need for in-home support for caregivers of children with ASD.

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Prevalence rates of ASD have been steadily increasing for a number of years, and currently it is estimated that 1:59 children in the United States are impacted by ASD (Center for Disease Control 2019). Individuals with this disability have varying social-communication and behavior challenges. These challenges impact a person from infancy into adulthood and not only impact the quality of life of the individuals themselves, these impairments also affect their caregivers and other family members (Gupta and Singhal 2004). Caregivers of children with disabilities have been widely studied in research, with a more recent intense focus on understanding how parenting a child with ASD specifically impacts the family (i.e., Ekas and Whitman 2011; Freedman et al. 2012).

Parents and guardians of individuals with autism spectrum disorders have significantly high levels of burden and stress in caring...

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  1. Department of Special Education, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Kimberly M. Bean

  2. Center of Excellence on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Karen Meers

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Bean, K.M., Meers, K. (2020). The Need for Caregiver Support for Families of Children with ASD. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102411-1

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