Al-kandari, Hayfaa, and Humoud Al-qashan. "Maternal Self-Efficacy of Mothers of Children with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, and Autism in Kuwait: C & A C & A." Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal 27.1 (2010): 21-39. ProQuest. 7 July 2019 . This study a group of 95 mothers with special needs children describe how they don’t feel they are quite up to task that is taking care of their children. They felt that they were out of control and were not able to feel for their own child or understand how their child is trying to describe their own emotions. Many of them don’t know how to meet their own needs while meeting their children as well. The children span from down syndrome to children with autism. Very few mothers felt confident in their skill to take care of their special needs child. Goff, Briana S. Nelson, et al. "Comparing Parents of Children with Down Syndrome at Different Life Span Stages." Journal of Marriage and Family78.4 (2016): 1131-48. ProQuest. 19 June 2019 . In this study they studied different experiences of parents with their down syndrome child during different stages of their life. It goes on to compare the behavior and coping skills parents can manage during different times in their child’s life. From early age, middle childhood, adolescence, chronological adult and adult children. It also explores the internal and external factors that come into play when raising these children during different years of their lives. Some years are more peaceful while others are more stressful. This study was made using a large number of participants. It also covers the effects of the parents age as well. Griffith, Gemma M., et al. "Using Matched Groups to Explore Child Behavior Problems and Maternal Well-being in Children with Down Syndrome and Autism." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 40.5 (2010): 610-9. ProQuest. 19 June 2019 . Using matched groups to explore mothers and their and problems with their special needs children. From down syndrome children to children with autism and other mentally challenging diseases. It goes on to explore the behavior on these special need children and how some children with autism can be more stressful than children with down syndrome. It goes on to talk about how the mothers from the different groups have more positive and more negative perceptions of their children according to what disability they have. "Genetic Diseases and Conditions - Down Syndrome; New Down Syndrome Study Results from Kansas State University Described (the Ups and Downs of Down Syndrome: A Qualitative Study of Positive and Negative Parenting Experiences)." Health & Medicine Week Mar 08 2019: 2152. ProQuest. 19 June 2019 . This article talks about how the study of positive and negative parenting experiences were found among a group of 435 participants. It goes on to talk about their most positive and most negative experiences with their down syndrome child. As well as how they wished to improve the experience all together with their special need's children. What they wanted to work on to make their experience more exciting and to achieve new goals with their special needs child. It also goes on to talk about the impact on other parents and their social environment gets involved with their experiences. "Down Syndrome; Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum Happily Raise Children with Down Syndrome." Pediatrics Week Mar 10 2012: 471. ProQuest. 19 June 2019 . This article really tries to show how many people who are the parents of children with Down Syndrome get a lot of wonder and fulfillment from raising their child. It goes on to talk about things that most parents struggle with when they are raising their down syndrome child that most other parents don’t usually have problems with. While also talking about how rewarding it is to do such a thing and being privileged enough to raise a child that way. It also goes on to talk about how 90% of women who find out that their children are going to have down syndrome choose to end their pregnancies. While also taking into consideration the number of parents who chose to continue and take on the challenge that is raising a special need child with down syndrome. Shivers, Carolyn M., and Elisabeth M. Dykens. "Adolescent Siblings of Individuals with and without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Self-Reported Empathy and Feelings about their Brothers and Sisters: AJMR." American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 122.1 (2017): 62,77,94,96. ProQuest. 7 July 2019 . This a study of how siblings of children feel about their siblings that are special needs. A lot of children seem to show more anxiety toward their special need sibling that most other siblings do toward each other. Not only that but they also show more anxiety to the parent as well. It also goes on to talk about how they the sibling that isn’t special needs feels empathy for its sibling that is special needs. Smith, Ashlyn L., et al. "Parent Stress and Perceptions of Language Development: Comparing Down Syndrome and Other Developmental Disabilities." Family Relations 63.1 (2014): 71-84. ProQuest. 19 June 2019 . This is a great study on parent stress and language development between 29 parents of children with Down Syndrome. It also includes the study of parents of children with other developmental disabilities. It talks about the total stress of the situation dealing with children with these disabilities. From stress from the child to the stress surrounding the parent-child relationship and how they interact with each other. It also covers how the parents with down syndrome seemed to be less stressed than parents with children with other disabilities. Staats, Natira, et al. "Parents of Children with Down Syndrome: A Comparison of Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis Groups." Journal on Developmental Disabilities 21.2 (2015): 83-94. ProQuest. 19 June 2019 . This study really tries to get down to how the parents feel and if they feel hope with raising their down syndrome child or other ways they cope. It also includes how parents reacted when finding out their child would be special need prenatal and postnatal and how that affects the amount of hope the parents have and how well they adjust to dealing with the diagnosis. It also explores how satisfied the parents are with their life as well as their relationship adjustment with each other and their child and how satisfied they are with these major changes to their life. While also making a large matter about the timing these parents got the news and whether that affected the relationship, they have with the down syndrome child and their partner.