Susan L. Neely-Barnes

TL;DR: This article examined family impacts and approaches to intervention across a broad range of disabilities and developmental delays building on the assumption that these diagnoses affect families in similar ways and found that having a child with an intellectual or developmental disability creates negative family outcomes including added stress and parental depression.

TL;DR: This paper found that parents experienced blame for their children's autism-related behavior from the public and extended family, but most parents viewed the child with autism in a positive way, while most adults viewed their children with autism positively.

TL;DR: Positive appraisals, resources, and ability to engage in problem solving and coping were associated with family resiliency and parents who quantitatively experienced high stress or low stress used different behavioral themes to describe their experience qualitatively.

TL;DR: Findings from the quantitative analysis indicate variation in grandparent health and mental health status and suggest that services should be tailored to address grandparent needs.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between choice and quality of life was examined. But relatively little quantitative research has focused on the relationship. T..., i.e., consumer choice is a key concept in developmental disability intervention.