Challenges in Families with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

By a content analysis of newspaper articles were identified main challenges of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder present in the media: lack of services reimbursed by the state, difficulties of inclusion in mainstream schools, fear of the future because the lack of services for adults with autism, unrecognized disorder in adulthood and cessation of financial support received from the state, fight social prejudices, lack of information on autism, incorrect or delayed diagnosis or financial difficulties. From this research result some practical implications, such as widening the range of free services for people with autism spectrum disorders and public awareness about the problems of this category of persons.