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Meeting the needs of young deaf‐blind children and their parent. Prt 1.
Author(s) -
ANDREW ANN K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1989.tb00615.x
Subject(s) - deaf blind , psychology , developmental psychology , population , audiology , medicine , environmental health
Summary In this paper the writer looks at the population of ‘deafblind’ children, stressing the individuality of the child and the special problems created, not only in management, but also in diagnosis and assessment. The inherent dangers of inappropriate and hasty judgements which may lead to misinterpretation of the child's attempts to communicate are also discussed.