Abstract

Parents Attitudes Towards Having Child with Autism and Related Intervention Programs: A Literature Review

Author(s): Ayat Mohamed Ahmed Zammar, Ali Ibrahim Noshili, Sayed Shahbal, Amal Mohammad Hamdi, Aawd Moid Abdullah Alalyani, Abdulrahman Hamed Saad Alqarni, Huda Jaber Khormi, Wardah Mohsen Hakami, Faten Ahmad Mohammed Albargi, Dareen A Belal, Khulud Mohammed Y Asiri, Raya Mohammed Omer Albishi, Afaf Khalif R Alanazi, and Amna Khan

Abstract  

Background: Issues related to the caring process for children with autism is considered significantly challenging for their parents because of disease severity and its complications, its progressing and developmental complications and persistent comorbidities, as well as the vast difficulties of healthcare services in achieving the different needs of children and their parents. The main aim of this paper is to highlight the parents’ attitudes toward having a child with autism and related Intervention programs within the context of previous studies.

Methods: Search was conducted for the studies which have been published between 2008 and 2019 in English language using different electronic databases such as PubMed, JSTOR, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, Cochrane Collaboration, EMBASE, Science Direct, ASSIA, and Web of Science. Keywords used in the search included: autism, parents, autistics disorder, attitudes, father, mother, disability.

Conclusion: Parents of children with autism have a huge caregiving burden, subjective distress, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. There should be a design of effective interventions aimed at reducing the burden among the parents of children with autism.