Addressing Communication Difficulties of Parents of Children of the Autism Spectrum

However, a recent literature review [1] about the papers published in three of the most im‐ portant journals with specific focus on autism revealed a different reality. Only 0.7% of the papers published between 2005 and 2009 referred to studies about families with ASD chil‐ dren, comprising a total of 4883 participants. It is interesting to note that more than half of the papers about families with children of the autism spectrum were published in the last 18 months of the considered period. The themes of those studies involved issues about stress and emotional problems (13 papers); support groups and quality of life (7 papers); charac‐ terization of the families and their members (7 papers); intervention processes and their re‐