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AUTISM IN CHILDREN AND PARENTS:
Author(s) -
Jennings Sheila
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2005.00057.x
Subject(s) - autism , family court , context (archaeology) , psychology , autism spectrum disorder , phenomenon , psychiatry , developmental psychology , law , political science , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Family court professionals are increasingly involved with divorces between parents of autistic children where the parents themselves may also have either diagnosed or undiagnosed autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Yet, there have been no published guidelines for the court professionals who are managing these cases (National Autistic Society, 1991; Singer, 2003). The goal of this article is to familiarize divorce professionals with the growing phenomenon of autism and to delineate specific recommendations for the management of these cases in the family law context.