Skip to main content
Log in

Parental Perception of Quality of Life for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • ORIGINAL ARTICLE
  • Published:
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Our purpose for this study was to investigate how parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) rate their child’s quality of life (QOL). We began by developing a parent proxy-report QOL assessment instrument with subscales and then distributed it statewide to parents of children with ASD. The scale demonstrated strong internal consistency with a full-scale Cronbach’s alpha of .835. Our results indicated that 0% of the parents rated their child as having a poor QOL, 66% rated their child as having a good QOL, and 16% rated their child as having an excellent QOL. Our results support the notion that QOL can be assessed in early childhood to develop and ensure effective programing across the lifespan for an individual with ASD.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Laura C. Chezan.

Ethics declarations

Ethical Approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board and/or the national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed Consent

We obtained informed consent for this web-based survey research by including an introductory paragraph on a web page that contained (a) the elements of required consent and (b) a link to the survey site for those individuals who voluntarily desired to participate.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Publisher’s Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Cholewicki, J., Drasgow, E. & Chezan, L.C. Parental Perception of Quality of Life for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Dev Phys Disabil 31, 575–592 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-019-09660-w

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-019-09660-w

Keywords

Navigation