t for an applied behavioral analysis program for their child and so they had to do it on their own, like the woman described in the last section. Again, this is a consistent problem mentioned by parents, although the details of location and desired services varied.
Another very physical, practical impact of autism is the likelihood that the child's needs for attention and training will overload parental schedules and create some degree of time pressure. This is obvious when looking at some of the treatment programs and what is required of parents in terms of commitment. For example, the May Center for Early Childhood Education required parents to agree to participate in 25 hours of training with the child per week, 15 with a therapist in the home and 10 hours without the therapist (Anderson et al., 1994). In the Son program, which is even more intensive, parents are encouraged to be working with the child essentially from the time the child wakes up until
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