MamaSheep Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Last week I attended an autism conference at one of our local universities. One of the presentations I attended at the conference was by two women who are researching how having a child with autism affects the dads. They said quite a bit of research has been done into how autism in the family affects the parents together as a unit, and even more has been done on autism and mothers. However, they were only aware of one study that focused on the dads, and that one had a sample size of only seven men. They began their study hoping for a sample size of at least 100, but mostly what they’ve discovered so far is that fathers are not inclined to attend support group meetings or participate in online autism communities as much as mothers, and that the surveys they have sent home with the mothers mostly don’t get sent back. As of last week, which is actually past the deadline by which they hoped to have their results, they had only been able to get responses from 29 men. They are very sincere researchers, who seem to very genuinely care about the fathers’ experiences with ASD, and they could really use some more input, so if you are a man (or know a man) who has a child with an autism spectrum disorder, please help out. It only takes about 10-15 minutes, and you can participate from home over the internet, so it’s really convenient, just click the link below. And know that your help is really appreciated. http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/840667/Perspectives-of-fathers-of-children-with-autism-spectrum-disorders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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