UNDERSTANDING DYADIC CHALLENGES OF PARENT HAVING CHILD WITH ASD: PROPOSAL OF A ECOSYSTEMIC MODEL
Parents of childrens and adolescents with ASD face multiples challenges, including in their dyadic relationship. This qualitative analysis of 42 individual interviews conduct among parents of children and adolescents with autism highlight and explain four particulars challenges : iniquities among contributions of each parent to family life, differences between mother’s and father’s perceptions and reactions about autism, difficulties having time together as a couple, and emotional and psychological difficulties. The ecosystemic model allow a better understanding of these challenges and situate them in the familial and social context.