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Blog, Child Care and Development, News Blog · June 20, 2013

The ‘F-words’ in Childhood Disability

The paper reflects a more modern take on ability/disability and how we measure it. Unfortunately we will always have to measure functional abilities in some way to determine what kinds of supports people need to live their lives.

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The ‘F-words’ in Childhood Disability

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