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Our latest guest blogger is Nanette Saturn, Educational Advocate, Westchester Independent Living Center<\/a> and Putnam Independent Living Services<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Clearly, parents of a child with a developmental disability experience stress far beyond what most parents of neuro-typical children experience. <\/span>In fact, a recent study noted that mothers of children with autism experience as much stress as combat veterans.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t <\/span>need to see the data to believe this. <\/span>I am the mother of a 9 year-old neuro-typical daughter, and a 13 year- old son who is diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, along with ADHD and anxiety. <\/span> <\/span>When my daughter started getting older, <\/span>I noticed how easy it was to do things with her, compared to my son. <\/span>This is when I began to realize how different and challenging my life was compared to the average mother.<\/p>\n Since many children with developmental disabilities require a tremendous amount of one-on-one support, it\u2019s difficult to (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our latest guest blogger is Nanette Saturn, Educational Advocate, Westchester Independent Living Center and Putnam Independent Living Services Clearly, parents of a child with a developmental disability experience stress far beyond what most parents of neuro-typical children experience. In fact,…<\/span><\/p>\n