Supporting Individuals on the Autism Spectrum Coping with Grief and Loss through Death or Divorce

The Indiana Resource Center for Autism has recently posted an article on their website on the topic of grief and loss. The article incorporates information on:

• Common Responses to Grief
• Factors Affecting the Grief Process
• Support Strategies
• Resources

To read the article in full, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/pages/supporting-individuals-on-the-autism-spectrum-coping-with-grief-and-loss

Plan B: Empowering the single parent

Raising your child with autism on your own? Plan B: Empowering the single parent can help you explain divorce, separation or death to your child with autism. You will also learn how to maintain consistency across two households, adjust your budget and therapy schedule, find new resources, build a new network of support, and more.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Autism and Divorce.

It has been said that the divorce rate among parents of children with autism is approximately 80%, but a recent study conducted by the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore found this to be untrue. In fact, children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are only 1% less likely to have married biological or adopted parents than children who don't have an ASD.

For more information about the study visit:
http://www.kennedykrieger.org/kki_news.jsp?pid=8851