Autism Spectrum Disorder - ASD | Article

Running head: AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
Autism Spectrum Disorder
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AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER1
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Introduction................................................................................................................................1
Summary....................................................................................................................................1
Evaluation..................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................4

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER2
Introduction
The parents who raise the child having the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have to
face the stressful situations owing to the challenging behaviour of the children and judgement
that they receive from the other people. There is the lack of the tangible support along with
the negative affective reactions that causes a great deal of mental stress for the mothers. The
two kinds of emotions that the mothers have to face when their child is diagnosed with ASD
have been found to be grief along with the distress. The parents experience the chronic
sorrow and the grief continues to torment them for a long duration of time. The article,
“Mothers’ Reaction to their Child’s ASD Diagnosis: Predictors That Discriminate Grief from
Distress” have talked about the kinds of the depressive along with the anxiety symptoms that
were experienced by the mothers when they realized that their children was suffering from
the effect of the ASD. This article discusses why the caring for the child having the ASD
proves to be difficult for the mothers. This piece of work elucidates on the main points that
have been raised in the article and the importance of the article in the present age.
Summary
The article states that there are various kinds of factors that are related to the grief
along with the distress reactions which are experienced by the mothers who have the children
having the ASD. According to Wayment and Brookshire (2018), the age of the child can be
said to be positively related to the element of the grief as the critical period in the
development of the child can be instrumental in heightening sense of the loss. The parents
who have the low income have less amount of the tangible along with the emotional
resources that can give rise to the distress reactions. The parents who have faced loss earlier
in life have more chances of experiencing the subsequent distress when they encounter a new
stressful situation in their life. The severity of the emotional impairments of the children have