Stress and Anxiety Among Parents of Children With Communication Disorders

2022 ◽  
pp. 1439-1454
Author(s):  
Kadambari Naniwadekar
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Support System ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Communication Disorder ◽  
Multiple Disability ◽  
The Status

Parenting is a wonderful and rewarding experience, but in the case of parents of children with communication disorder, this experience is often accompanied with high levels of stress, due to difficulties, frustrations, and challenges that these parents face in everyday life. This chapter was carried out to find the status of stress in parents of children with communication disorder and also to find the levels of stress among mothers as well as fathers, and the level of support system available. The results revealed that most of the parents experience stress and anxiety in bringing up their child with communication disorder, although the stress being more in the mothers. Gender of the child also played a crucial role in determining the levels of stress. The results highlighted the fact that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder have a higher level of stress followed by parents of children with intellectual disability, multiple disability, and hearing impairment.

Stress and Anxiety Among Parents of Children With Communication Disorders

2018 ◽  
pp. 141-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadambari Naniwadekar
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Support System ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Communication Disorder ◽  
Multiple Disability ◽  
The Status

Parenting is a wonderful and rewarding experience, but in the case of parents of children with communication disorder, this experience is often accompanied with high levels of stress, due to difficulties, frustrations, and challenges that these parents face in everyday life. This chapter was carried out to find the status of stress in parents of children with communication disorder and also to find the levels of stress among mothers as well as fathers, and the level of support system available. The results revealed that most of the parents experience stress and anxiety in bringing up their child with communication disorder, although the stress being more in the mothers. Gender of the child also played a crucial role in determining the levels of stress. The results highlighted the fact that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder have a higher level of stress followed by parents of children with intellectual disability, multiple disability, and hearing impairment.

scholarly journals Online education of students with mild intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 149-171
Author(s):  
Marzena Buchnat ◽  
Aneta Wojciechowska
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Mild Intellectual Disability ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Education Of Students

The situation of the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease is a new and unknown situation for everyone, causing fear and uncertainty. It is also a situation that has led to numerous changes in the everyday life of many people, including students who had to adapt to the new reality of distance education from day to day. The paper concerns with the situation of online education of students with mild intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder. It is an attempt to indicate the difficulties encountered by this group of students in the situation of distance learning from a perspective of both the student and the teacher. The paper also indicates the issues which should be considered in this education, the way of its adaptation to the possibilities of the discussed group of students, as well as elementswhich are really important in this education.

scholarly journals Identifying playing styles among children with intellectual disability autism spectrum disorder and multiple disability: أنماط اللعب لدى الأطفال ذوي الإعاقة الفكرية واضطراب طيف التوحد وتعدد العوق

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mashael Hamad bu hamad , Nabil Sharaf Al- Maliki
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Multiple Disability ◽  
Physical Responses ◽  
Children With Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Children With Intellectual Disability

  This study aimed at identifying playing styles among children with developmental disabilities (intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder and multiple disability "intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder. To achieve this, the researcher used the descriptive analytical approach. The population of the study consisted of (415) children with developmental disabilities and the sample of the study consisted of (128) children with developmental disabilities. The researcher used playing activities observation list prepared by Alnajjar (2001) as a tool for collecting data which consisted of playing activities to measure physical, social and emotional responses. The results of the study were as follows: - There are significance statistical differences in physical responses games between children with intellectual disability and children with autism. - There are no significance statistical differences in individual playing styles among children with intellectual disability and children with autism. - There are significance statistical differences in social responses games between children with intellectual disability and children with autism in the favor of autism children. - There are significance statistical differences in physical responses between children with intellectual disability and children with multiple disability in the favor of double disability children. - There are significance statistical differences in emotional responses between children with intellectual disability and children with autism. In the light of results of the study, the researcher recommended the following: - Developing the attitudes of children with intellectual disability toward activities that require physical exertion. - Diversity in the tools and games provided to children with intellectual disability and children with autism disorder.

Graphic symbol preferences of adults with disabilities in one non-profit foundation in Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Eliada Pampoulou ◽  
Ioanna Diamanti
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Graphic Symbol

Purpose Graphic symbols, such as photographs, Makaton and Pics for PECS, are often used in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to support people with complex communication disorders. However, there is little research focusing on the preferences of people with disabilities in terms of which type of graphic symbol they prefer to use for their communication interactions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the symbol preferences of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder and those with intellectual disability. The research questions are as follows: Do people prefer coloured or black and white symbols? What type(s) of symbols do they prefer to use for their communication interactions? What type(s) of symbols do they consider more appropriate for children? What type(s) of symbols do they consider more appropriate for adults? Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire with simple instructions was used to elicit the information from the participants. Through purposive sampling, 25 participants between the ages of 20 and 32 were selected. Twelve participants had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, while the rest had mild or moderate intellectual disability. Findings Most of the participants preferred coloured symbols. Of all the six types of symbols, they preferred to use photographs and considered these as being the most appropriate symbols for adults, whereas, for them, Talking Mats is better for children. Originality/value It is vital that the voices of people with disabilities are heard and taken into account when services are to be provided.

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