Assessment of Developmentally Disabled Children

26 children with diagnoses of autism and 22 children with diagnoses of childhood schizophrenia or a variant thereof were compared on the variable of winter birth. Analyses showed that autistic children had a higher proportion of winter births than schizophrenic children. These findings are related to other research linking winter birth to negative-syndrome adult schizophrenia.

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Behavioral treatment of food refusal and selectivity in developmentally disabled children

Applied Research in Mental Retardation ◽

10.1016/0270-3092(80)90019-3 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 1 (1-2) ◽

pp. 95-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 77

Author(s):

Mary M Riordan ◽

Brian A Iwata ◽

Marianne K Wohl ◽

Jack W Finney

Keyword(s):

Behavioral Treatment ◽

Developmentally Disabled ◽

Food Refusal ◽

Disabled Children

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Medical-Legal Partnerships Benefit Families of Developmentally Disabled Children

The International Journal of Health Wellness and Society ◽

10.18848/2156-8960/cgp/v11i01/85-96 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 85-96

Author(s):

Salathiel Kendrick Allwood ◽

Susan Mc Laren ◽

Robert Pettignano

Keyword(s):

Developmentally Disabled ◽

Disabled Children

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The End of Responsible Relative Liability

Council review ◽

10.1177/001440298705400211 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 171-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mark C. Weber

Keyword(s):

Life Skills ◽

Developmentally Disabled ◽

Cost Of Care ◽

The State ◽

Recent Case ◽

Disabled Children ◽

Residential Placement ◽

Handicapped Children ◽

The Cost

Responsible relative liability laws exist to shift some of the cost of care of residentially placed handicapped children from the state to the children's parents. Because residential placement of handicapped children, particularly developmentally disabled children, would not be undertaken but for the need to teach these children life skills, the Education for the Handicapped Act would dictate that these placements be free of cost to parents. Recently, the courts have resolved the tension between the preexisting state-responsible relative laws and the Education for the Handicapped Act. Ruling in favor of the parents, they have invalidated the responsible relative charges. This article describes the conflict, its resolution in the recent case Parks v. Pavkovic, and some of the implications of that decision.

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