Machine generated contents note: SECTION A: HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND 1
SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL DISORDERS
Chapter 1 Ways of Thinking about Children's Medical 3
and Physical Disorders
Chapter 2 Conceptualizing Medical and Physical Disorders 19
in the Sciences: A Shifting Story
Chapter 3 How Do Children Thrive (or Fail to Thrive) 37
in the Face of Early Adversity?
SECTION B: THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN 53
WITH MOBILITY CONSTRAINTS
Chapter 4 Mobility Constraints: Why the Caged Bird Sings 55
Chapter 5 Parents and Children as Collaborators in Managing 69
Mobility Constraints
Chapter 6 I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends 85
SECTION C: THE CHILD IN A WORLD APART: 97
THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN WHO
APPEAR TO BE SOCIALLY UNRESPONSIVE
Chapter 7 Ways of Understanding the Child in a World Apart 99
Chapter 8 Parental Reactions to the Child in a World Apart 115
Chapter 9 Social Relationships Experienced by Children 129
in a World Apart
SECTION D: THE SOCIALLY STIGMATIZED CHILD: 147
THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN
WITH APPEARANCE ANOMALIES
Chapter 10 Understanding the Experiences of Children 149
Who Look Different
Chapter 11 Parental Responses to Children 165
with Stigmatizing Disorders
Chapter 12 Moving Outside the Family: The Worlds 181
of Children Who Look Different
Chapter 13 The Positive Possibilities of an Early Intervention 195
Program
Epilogue 211
Index 217.