NYT follow-up to post

July 20, 2009

The Stress of Autism

By Tara Parker-Pope

Raising a child with any developmental disability or behavior problem is difficult. But is there something uniquely stressful about autism? That is the question researchers at the University of Washington Autism Center tried to answer in a study of mothers of children with developmental disabilities.

I spoke with Annette Estes, associate director of the center, about the research and how it might make a difference for parents of children with autism. Here’s our conversation.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/for-mothers-the-stress-of-autism/#comment-352005


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