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ERIC Number: EJ624761
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1088-3576
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The Grief Cycle--One Parent's Trip Around.
Boushey, Ann
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, v16 n1 p27-30 Spr 2001
The mother of a 10-year-old boy with high functioning autism discusses her shock at the diagnosis, her denial, her feelings of guilt, her sense of isolation, the panic she felt in trying to stay on top of things, her anger, bargaining with herself, and her final feelings of acceptance and hope. (Contains three references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Anger, Autism, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Coping, Grief, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Narratives, Sadness, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Toddlers, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Special Series, Part 2--Parent and Family Voices.