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Cultural Issues in Serving Children & Youth With Disabilities

Resources highlighting cultural issues in providing services to children and youth with disabilities.

Cultural Issues in the Relation Between Child Disabilities and Child Abuse
Kapitanoff & Lutzker
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5(3), 2000
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Reviews variations in childcare, parenting, discipline, and health practices and provides examples of cultural practices that could affect the perceived link between disabilities and abuse.

Ethnicity, Disability, and Risk for Abuse
Randall, Sobsey, & Parrila
Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 29(1), 2001
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Analysis of the interaction of ethnicity, disability status, and risk of abuse.

Permanency Planning for Deaf Children: Considerations of Culture and Language
White
Arete, 21(2), 1997
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Describes two opposing paradigms of deafness and their impact on permanency planning for deaf children.

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Updated on November 19, 2008