I used to work with autistic children, and they said a lot of funny things to me.
Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
Children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.
When I was in primary school I was in a special needs group, which is the polite way of saying the dopey kids.
An abused childhood affects the entire life... It affects every facet of the life.
Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth, and development.
Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies.
When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes.
Severely deprived, neglectful or abusive environments must have negative effects on a great many aspects of development, including intelligence.
If you're prematurely born or if you have things happening when you're like a baby being born. If you have to learn how to walk right or if there's something wrong with your gait or just physical things that are happening. Illnesses affect your family and they impact you because you want to do the best you can to help your family member become more healthy.
Lead poisoning is an insidious menace that robs our citizens of their fullest potential.
I have a son, and my son has autism. There's certain things that I deal with that a lot of people don't deal with.
When my parents were arrested, I was a year old. And like so many children with incarcerated parents, I experienced a range of traumas connected to the separation. I was angry. I was ashamed. I had developmental delays, behavioral problems.
Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.
Autism is a very serious condition.
'Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner.'
Far too often, children with developmental disorders are diagnosed solely on the basis of their observable behavior, slotted into broad diagnostic pigeonholes and provided generalized treatments that may not always meet their specific needs.
Poverty places not just one or two obstacles but multiple obstacles in a child's pathway to what we would consider to be regular development - cognitively, intellectually and emotionally.
If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles.
I was not developmentally disabled, but didn't mature at the same rate other kids did.
I'm sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant?
My childhood was so traumatic.
It is widely known that the effects of childhood poverty follow children through adolescence and into adulthood.
Give an average baby a fair chance, and if it doesn't do something it oughtn't to a doctor should be called in at once.
