Keikhlasan Orang Tua yang Memiliki Anak Autisme

Abstract

Having a child with perfect physical and psychological condition is everyone's dream. However, if the diagnosis states that the child has autism, it is not  certainly easy for parents to accept. This aims of  research are determining the  sincerity of parents who have children with autism and what the  factors which  influence it. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method with a muslim couple, husband and wife,  which have two autism children as subjects. The results showed that  process towards sincerity between  two subjects were different. When The  SP subject knows the diagnosis results, he can control his emotions that what happened with them  is God's provision. so that no matter what the conditions are, he must accept it. Meanwhile, SR subject took two weeks to convince herself about her children's conditions were still  gifts from God and she must have to take care. The factors which influences of  parents' sincerity are religious knowledges, patience, gratitude, religious understanding and resignation.