An important message for parents of children with developmental disabilities who have encountered unprecedented disaster
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An important message for parents of children with developmental disabilities who have encountered unprecedented disaster
Some people say that children with developmental disabilities are not good at adapting to environmental changes. Indeed, disasters dramatically change our surroundings. During disasters, what we think of as “unchangeable” actually changes, and events that should never have happened do in fact happen. Children with developmental disabilities often have to face major changes, and sometimes, catas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain and Development
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0387-7604
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.08.009