I have came to be familiar that a stress reducer for parents with children with disabilities could be the use of a peer support group.  Personally, I do not have a child with a disability, but I do experience stress and sometimes I find myself venting to my roommates who are going through similar experiences as myself.  It's also helpful to hear advice as well as to hear the experiences of others to greater grasp how you will handle stress.  I feel peer support groups would definitely be something helpful for most parents.  A paper by Eugene Edgar further expanded my knowledge on peer support groups for parents with children with disabilities.  Within his first couple of paragraphs, he really sums up what these parents may be experiencing.  "The feelings of grief, sadness, anger, frustration, helplessness, and often incompetence lead to a sense of lack of self-worth.  Interpersonal reactions among family members often deteriorate.  Relatives, friends, neighbors often simply do not know how to respond to the situation and withdraw."  His main point is peers provide family members with realistic empathy, an extremely important ingredient in reducin stress as well as sources of information.  Peer support groups meet the needs of parents are met within providing information, emotional support, and having connections with system components.  It is reccommended that theses systems be planned, supported by a formal agency, and maintained over time.  For more information : http://www.eric.ed.gov.proxy.libraries.uc.edu/PDFS/ED242174.pdf