I found an article that compared the stress of parents who have a child with a disability to parents who do not have a child with a disability. Here is what the results indicated:
Parents of children with disabilities had a greater number of stressors and a higher number of days during which they had at least one stressor. They reported having at least one stressor on 50 percent of the study days compared with 40 percent among the other parents. Parents of children with disabilities also reported experiencing a greater number of physical health problems.
This article includes research to support that a parent of a child with a disability face higher levels of stress throughout the day. The findings suggest that parents of children with disabilities would benefit from stress-reduction strategies. In conclusion, I have come to discover that parents of children with disabilities are in need of support
Parental Stress with Special-Needs Children
This is builds upon what I have been researching within my inquiry on families of children with disabilities. Handling stress is something everyone experiences in their daily lives. How do parents of children with disabilities handle it? For them, I feel it is especially important because they have to become knowledgeable about their child's disability in order to assist their child to the best of their ability. I am in agreement with this article that parents are in great need of support. Our textbook lists ways in which parents can seek support groups, others who experience what they have been through. If you look at my blog, I have posted a video in which parents are discussing their experiences, this helped me to get a better understanding of how support groups assist parents as well as provide information on how they have been effected.
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