Published on 12, July, 2020
Is it common for parents of autistic children to suffer from depression? We're right at the beginning of our journey to get our 6 year old daughter assessed for ASD, but the SENCO at school is pretty certain she'll get a diagnosis, and of course we have lived for 6 long years with the difficulties and challenges of parenting our daughter. I am currently signed off work with depression, and whilst I know depression occurs for a complex set of many reasons, I also know that my parenting challenges and the stress of family life are probably the biggest contributors to my current period of depression. I just wondered if this is a common experience? Is it 'normal' to feel stressed and end up depressed because of having the particular stresses of ASD to contend with?
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the short answer is yes it is..... i have come across many articles online by accident on this subject here is just one
iancommunity.org/.../parental_depression
here is how to cope
www.psycom.net/.../
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