Many aging parents care for adult children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and an additional loved one. This exploratory study compared differences among compound 1 (caring for an additional family member), compound 2 (caring for a typically developing minor child), and noncompound (solely caring for an adult child with ASD) caregivers on perceptions of the degree of support that care recipients need to perform specific types activities of daily living (ADL) that care recipients need assistance to complete. Each caregiver cared for at least one adult child with ASD. Results from a web-based survey completed by 320 aging caregivers were examined using Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA tests for independent samples. Compound 1 and noncompound caregivers were more likely to be involved in assisting their adult children with some ADLs when compared with compound 2 caregivers. Findings provide insight into the realities of caregivers with regard to ADL needs of their adult children.

许多年迈的父母照顾患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的成年子女和另一位亲人。这项探索性研究比较了复合 1（照顾额外的家庭成员）、复合 2（照顾正常发育的未成年儿童）和非复合（单独照顾患有 ASD 的成年儿童）照顾者对支持程度的看法的差异护理对象需要进行特定类型的日常生活活动 (ADL)，而护理对象需要帮助才能完成这些活动。每个看护者至少照顾一名患有 ASD 的成年儿童。使用独立样本的 Kruskal-Wallis 方差分析检验对 320 名老年护理人员完成的基于网络的调查结果进行了检查。与复合 2 照料者相比，复合 1 和非复合照料者更有可能参与帮助具有某些 ADL 的成年子女。调查结果提供了对照顾者在成年子女 ADL 需求方面的现实情况的洞察。