Status and thoughts on family disease burden of children with autism spectrum disorders

In recent years,the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been dramatically increasing around the world and has become a public health issue.The long-term and intensive rehabilitation of ASD children has greatly increased the economic and mental stress on their families and severely affected their health and quality of life.This article mainly introduced the economic and nursing care burden,the parental stress pressure in ASD families,as well as the current aid policies for ASD domestically.Finally some suggestions on reducing the family disease burden are put forward for stakeholder's understanding and reference further.