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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Lewis, Michael – Child Development, 1984
Investigates the influence of chronological age, mental age, and handicapping condition on mothers' interactions with their handicapped young children. A total of 111 handicapped children ranging in age from 3 to 36 months and their mothers participated. Infants' general functioning and handicapping conditions were related to maternal…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Chronological Age, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities

Lewis, Michael; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 1984
Examines differences in habituation in a visual attention task as a function of chronological age, mental age, and handicapping condition. Subjects were 102 children who ranged in age from 3 to 36 months and who were classified as Down Syndrome, cerebral palsied, developmentally delayed, or multiply handicapped. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Cerebral Palsy, Disabilities