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O' Connor, Anne B.; Carpenter, Barry; Coughlan, Barry – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
This paper describes a study exploring the parental response to the diagnosis of their child's developmental disability. A classic grounded theory methodology was used to analyse data comprising 19 interviews and 11 memoirs written by parents. The theory explains how parents adjust to champion their child, who has been identified as having a…
Descriptors: Parents, Adjustment (to Environment), Clinical Diagnosis, Children