Results showed that parental stress is related to the presence or absence of disabilities in children and types of disabilities but not gender of the child. Implications for support for families and for further research are suggested.
Parents are the most important assets in caring for children.
What is not known is whether parental stress related to raising a child with disabilities is specific only to the North American society. One possible issue is whether the kind of parental experience related to caring for children with disabilities is similar in other societies. Little published information seems to exist about parents experiences in raising children with disabilities in China. According to the 1987 sample survey conducted by China and the UN Children's Fund, there were 8170000 children from ages one to fourteen with disabilities in China. As can be seen, these types of disabilities affect a large number of families in China.