Journal on Developmental Disabilities

The Journal on Developmental Disabilities is a peer-reviewed journal with a growing regional and international readership.

Volume 13 Number 1	other issues
Developmental Disabilities and the Native Canadian Community	Editors / Review Board / Table of Contents Forward Response Editorial Articles Child Welfare System Characteristics of Maltreatment Travelling a Mirrored Pathway Cross-Cultural Assessment Mercury Contamination in Arctic Canada Risk Factors for Fragility Fractures Maternal Diabetes and her Offspring Breast Milk Versus Infant Formulae RSIG Reports Evidence-based Practice Verbal Prosody and Speech Perception Perceived Support and Inclusion Dual Diagnosis or Dual Confusion Aggression and Dual Diagnosis Job Satisfaction of the Instructional Therapist Admissions to a Specialized Dual Diagnosis Program
Travelling a Mirrored Pathway: Care of Children and Adults With Special Needs in Aboriginal Communities Joyce Clouston Carlson
Introduction "... it was a terrible thing for us... any family who has a child who's disabled, it can destroy a family or it can make them closer... they make you work so much harder." (Parent of a deceased child with a disability) "I feel I'm absorbing more ... special qualities of others. I could say that I'm so busy, but [my brother] gives me a touch of reality... [he] gets me to think more and maybe that's what others do too. If they can just stop and think sometimes of what others can offer..." (Parent of an adult child with a disability, and caregiver of a sibling with a disability) download article >>

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Travelling a Mirrored Pathway: Care of Children and Adults With Special Needs in Aboriginal Communities