Parents of kids with autism spectrum disorders more likely to split

Sigan Hartley, assistant professor of human development and family studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Waisman Centre, said, ?There seems to be a prolonged vulnerability for divorce in parents of children with autism?Typically, if couples can survive the early child-rearing years, parenting demands decrease and there is often less strain on the marriage?However, parents of children with autism often continue to live with and experience high parenting demands into their child?s adulthood, and thus marital strain may remain high in these later years.?