Low Divorce Rate Family Autism

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Prolly only applies to couples who eat fish with the good mercury.Lenny

OH!! Now I get it. Thanks for clearing that up. ;-) Yes, almost all couples are happily married with kids with autism if they eat fish with good mercury. Perfect sense.... ;-)

( I shouldn't be joking about this stuff. However, I guess when someone has a child who has been afflicted with autism, it affects the family in many ways. For me, it has even had a very bad effect on my sense humor.)

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Low Divorce Rate Family Autism

Excerpted from the Chigaco Trib. http://is.gd/cnuO

--A popular myth about families living with autism is that the

pressure often leads parents to divorce. The study found, however,

that the parents of children with autism divorce less frequently than

parents of typical children, and of those who do divorce, only a third

attribute the break up to managing their child's needs.

Source: Easter Seals' " Living With Autism Study. "

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Easter Seals also voted Mel Torme " sexiest man alive " .

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> Low Divorce Rate Family Autism

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> Excerpted from the Chigaco Trib. http://is.gd/cnuO

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> --A popular myth about families living with autism is that the

> pressure often leads parents to divorce. The study found, however,

> that the parents of children with autism divorce less frequently than

> parents of typical children, and of those who do divorce, only a third

> attribute the break up to managing their child's needs.

>

> Source: Easter Seals' " Living With Autism Study. "

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[Guest guest]

LOL!!!!

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> > Low Divorce Rate Family Autism

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> > Excerpted from the Chigaco Trib. http://is.gd/cnuO

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> > --A popular myth about families living with autism is that the

> > pressure often leads parents to divorce. The study found, however,

> > that the parents of children with autism divorce less frequently

than

> > parents of typical children, and of those who do divorce, only a

third

> > attribute the break up to managing their child's needs.

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> > Source: Easter Seals' " Living With Autism Study. "

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[Guest guest]

Prolly only applies to couples who eat fish with the good mercury.

Lenny

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> Okay, now I know that I'm not the only one confused. Low Divorce

Rate? Huh?

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[Guest guest]

Seriously, most people in my " autism circle " I know are married.

Not scientific, at all.

CGF

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> Okay, now I know that I'm not the only one confused. Low Divorce

Rate? Huh?

>

> Lynne

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Our Regional Center rep stated 72 husbands out 0f 75 in her (mostly

autism) caseload had bolted. I cannot fathom leaving a child who needs

me, although there have been (and continue to be) difficult times.

Part of the program when one elects to be a parent, IMHO. Helping my

son is by far the most important and rewarding thing I have done in my

life.

I believe National divorce rate is close to 50% for some, but those

numbers change radically for different incomes and other demographics.

CDC claims marriage is the leading cause of divorce. <g>

Best,

Rick

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>> Seriously, most people in my " autism circle " I know are married.

> > Not scientific, at all.

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> > Okay, now I know that I'm not the only one confused. Low Divorce

> Rate? Huh?

[Guest guest]

I have to agree, that most of the local Autists have two-parent families. I

cannot say that it is always both biological parents, so perhaps there is wiggle

room for divorce to have been their. Of the four families I know with no dad

presents (the losers!), two never were married to begin with, and again, I

haven't gotten nibby enough with them to see if the sperm-donor was ever in the

picture, pulled a fade cause of their autistic child, or whatever.

I don't think we have a very true picture of just what the divorce rate actually

is in this country (I work with several people who are on marrage 4+, so do they

drive up the rate?), but I would have to say in my small corner it is either at

or below the rate of general society.

Re: Low Divorce Rate Family Autism

Posted by: " thefitzenreiterfamily " thefitzenreiterfamily@...

thefitzenreiterfamily

Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:44 pm (PST)

Seriously, most people in my " autism circle " I know are married.

Not scientific, at all.

CGF

[Guest guest]

I've posted about this before. Long story, short, yes.

CGF

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> ...I don't think we have a very true picture of just what the divorce

rate actually is in this country (I work with several people who are on

marrage 4+, so do they drive up the rate...

[Guest guest]

I am glad you pointed this out again. A 50% divorce rate does not mean

that half of all marriages fail. There are plenty of serial

polygamists who skew the numbers.

Then again, how many failed marriages never end up in divorce?

Lenny

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> > ...I don't think we have a very true picture of just what the divorce

> rate actually is in this country (I work with several people who are on

> marrage 4+, so do they drive up the rate...

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[Guest guest]

And besides, isn't that 50% of the marrages formed this year will end indivorce

as opposed to 50% of ALL marrages will do so?

[Guest guest]

That rate would have a different name.

CGF

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> > > ...I don't think we have a very true picture of just what the

divorce

> > rate actually is in this country (I work with several people who

are on

> > marrage 4+, so do they drive up the rate...

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