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Parental stress and autism: how do you deal with the mental pressure?

Parents of autistic children may find it difficult to handle the mental pressure that can sometimes be overwhelming. Here’s how to deal with it. A woman strangled her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter in a fit of rage in an Indian city. The reason? The little girl was severely autistic, and the mother herself suffered from depression that stemmed from raising two autistic …

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