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A Neurologic Shell Game?

Peggy C. Ferry, MD

Arch Neurol. 1986;43(3):281-282.

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Neurologists have long been plagued by the specter of unproven remedies for various neurologic disorders. It is only natural. Neurologic diseases tend to be disabling and irreversible. When they afflict children, the situation is even more grim. Developmental progress may be drastically slowed, improvement in function minimal, and residual deficits increasingly apparent. Parents see their dreams of a normal, healthy child shattered. In light of this enormous emotional pain, it is not surprising that early intervention programs have emerged as a major treatment modality in pediatric neurology.

A recent review article noted, "The 1970's may be recorded as the decade that early intervention became accepted as an appropriate way of helping potentially handicapped or developmentally delayed infants and their families."¹ The programs are generally viewed as educational success stories.² At a recent meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a speaker said, "The question in the 1980s . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 14, 1985.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724 (Dr Ferry).

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