"Nobody's just normal, you know": The social creation of developmental disability

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1630-1641

  Leiter, Valerie ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Developmental disability; Early Intervention; Impairment; Normalcy; Parents; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISABILITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; PARENTAL CARE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASSACHUSETTS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548628131     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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