Saturday, June 5, 2010


Check out Michelle Diament's post on a study where it was found that Autism does not predict divorce.

Excerpt:

Parents of children with autism are no more likely to divorce than parents of typically developing children, a first-of-its-kind study indicates.

For years, rumors persisted about divorce rates as high as 80 percent among parents of children with autism. But on Wednesday researchers unveiled the results of the largest study ever conducted examining the issue and said those exorbitant numbers are simply unfounded.

Instead, results show that among children with autism, 64 percent have married parents compared to 65 percent of children who don’t have autism.

To read more, please visit Disability Scoop!

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