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Essay / Themes from Let Me Hear Your Voice - 809
We also saw that the stress of balancing the needs of the entire family was affecting Catherine. It was intense tension for everyone, including Daniel and Anne-Marie. According to the article A model of stress in Families of children with developmental disabilities: Clinical and Research Applications, stress is a paradigm of daily hassles. This suggests that it is not necessarily a major life event that is stressful, but all the daily frustrations and hassles associated with it. (Keke Tang) 4. Other life stressors – the child with ASD is not the only stressor the family faces in Let Me Hear Your Voice. The article suggests that it is important for a clinician to consider these stressors when working with a family. Clinicians are potentially able to help manage other stressors in a family's life by providing referrals and other appropriate suggestions..