Perspectives in childhood-onset disabilities: integrating 21st-Century concepts to expand our horizons

PURPOSE: A powerful aphorism states: "If I hadn't believed it, I wouldn't have seen it!" This challenging notion reminds us how strongly we are influenced by prevailing ideas, and how we interpret things according to current fashions and teachings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this paper we present and discuss contemporary perspectives concerning childhood-onset disability and the evolving nature of how people are thinking and acting. We …