Children with disabilities

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As Life Begins. Genetics and developmental disabilities / Mark L. Batshaw, Andrea Gropman, and Brendan Lampher -- Fetal development / Adré J. du Plessis -- Environmental toxicants and neurocognitive development / Jerome Paulson -- Birth defects and prenatal diagnosis / Rhonda L. Schonberg -- Newborn screening: opportunities for prevention of developmental disabilities / Joan E. Pellegrino -- The first weeks of life / Chrysanthe Gaitatzes, Taeun Chang, and Stephen Baumgart -- Premature and small-for-dates infants / Khodayar Rais-Bahrami and Billie Lou Short. -- The Developing Child. Nutrition and children with disabilities / Rebecca M. Haesler and Jocelyn J. Mills -- Feeding and its disorders / Peggy S. Eicher -- Hearing and deafness / Pamela Buethe, Betty R. Vohr, and Gilbert R. Herer -- Vision and visual impairment / Brooke E. Geddie, Michael J. Bina, and Marijean M. Miller -- The brain and nervous system. Amanda Yaun, Robert Keating, and Andrea Gropman -- Muscles, bones, and nerves / Peter B. Kang -- Patterns in development and disability / Louis Pellegrino -- Diagnosing developmental disabilities / Scott M. Myers -- Understanding and using neurocognitive assessments / Lauren Ke…