title: The handicapped child.
abstract: This article is not about specific conditions such as cerebral palsy, or deafness, or mental retardation, it is about every handicapped child; that is every child whose development and life fulfillment are restricted and who requires help to overcome or to reduce the effects of his handicaps. The picture and principles described below apply to all handicapped children whatever the nature of their basic disorder.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002668:Child Rearing; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant