TAYLOR SPENCER www. eparent. com/EP MAGAZINE• May 2007 79 and the suspicion
that “academic researchers do not approach a project from a neutral, objective position but …

This issue of The Future of Children explores childhood disability-its prevalence, nature,
treatment, and consequences. With unprec-edented numbers of US children now being …

Families raising young children diagnosed with multiple disabilities encounter experiences
that are often unique and extend well beyond the early childhood years due to the intensity …

For adolescents with severe disabilities, efforts to enhance the social dimensions of
schooling are widely advocated, yet rarely implemented. The peer interactions and …

Purpose This chapter reviews qualitative research on parenting children with disabilities
published over the last 50 years to explore whether shifts in academic discourse and …

Purpose We completed a scoping review to:(1) identify strategies that have been used to
engage hard-to-reach populations in childhood disability research, and (2) synthesize …

Most children with developmental conditions survive to adulthood. To improve adult
outcomes there is a need to synthesize our existing knowledge regarding their …

Adolescence is a time of transition from childhood to adulthood, but the social implications of
adolescence vary from culture to culture and between socioeconomic groups. The impact of …

Research indicates that peer interaction can have a substantial impact on the lives of
adolescents with disabilities. However, social interaction among adolescents with …

Background Safeguarding social inclusion for children with disabilities remains an elusive
and difficult goal. Children with disabilities are lonelier than their peers, less involved in their …