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Download full textDyer, Shirley Poindexter – 1991
The mother of a 16-year-old daughter with autism offers a parental perspective on coping with a child's disability. The paper emphasizes that through direct interaction with the child and the child's teacher and through taking an active role in the child's activities and achievements, the child's potential can be discovered and the child can be…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Child Rearing, Communication Skills
