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Ordinary families, special children: a systems approach to childhood disability

1990; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 27; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.27-2778

1943-5975

Milton Seligman, Rosalyn Benjamin Darling,

Family and Disability Support Research

Many would agree that the growing number of children with disabilities is becoming astonishingly high.Children are being diagnosed with various disabilities including attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, various learning disabilities, speech and language impairments, disabilities with hearing and sight, emotional disturbance and many other health impairments.The presence of a child with a disability in a family has an immense impact on the way the family functions.Milton Seligman and Rosalyn Benjamin Darling, in their book Ordinary Families, Special Children, explains and provides a multi-systems perspective on childhood disability and its effects on family life through research, suggestions and numerous real-life scenarios that depict ways families respond to having a child with a disability.