I looked at the reaction a family had to the diagnosis of autsim. I did a little bit more research on reactions towards autism. I didnt find another specific case but I did find a site that was very itneresting. It provided a lot of details that come along with finding out your child has autism. There are so many things I never would have imagine. In my mind I was only thinking about parents worrying about not having a normal child and also about the medical side of it and their childs health. There are so many more things added to the parents plate then what I was thinking.
Those factors I was thinking about are true but there are more things then that. The parents first of all have to worry about how their life is going to change. Their lifestyle is going to be completely different than what they had imagined. They have to change the way they do a lot of things in order to accomodate their childs needs. Also the family has to worry about money. Autism will require a lot of doctor visits. What if the fmaily doesn't have insurance? This will be a very stressfull because they will need to closely monitor their finances and the bills will keep adding up as the child gets older. The parents also have to worry about what the public is going to think of the child. People in public arent always as understanding as they should be. People are very judgemental and dont understand how hurtful it can be to the child and the family. This would be very stressfull as a parent because this could really hurt the childs feelings and make them feel not accpeted in society. There are so many things that change in the parents lives!
This ties in with this weeks summary papers! The parents are under so much stress when their child is diagnosed with autism. As teacher we need to be able to help them and work with them. They need to know that they arent alone and there is help out there.
Here's the site http://www.brighttots.com/Autism/Parenting_autistic_child ! Take a look around there is a lot of information on how it is to raise a child with autism.
As I was reading your previous blog and this one I was thinking this ties really well with the chapter summaries due this week like you mentioned at the end. In the previous post I like how the family was really optimistic about dealing with the diagnosis of their child. In the readings it mentioned that family usually go through so many emotions to try to get over the shock of the news, and then trying to figure out what they should do next. This family came to the realization that their child now has autism, and they need to change their lifestyle so they can give their child all their needs. I can only imagine how costly it is to have a child with a disability going to doctors appointments etc. It would be an extremely stressful situation financially.
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