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Editorial
. 2025 Sep;40(8):601-602.
doi: 10.1177/08830738251349056. Epub 2025 Jul 4.

Children at the Crossroads: A Sociopolitical History of Disability Visibility in the United States

Christina Briscoe  1
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Editorial

Children at the Crossroads: A Sociopolitical History of Disability Visibility in the United States

Christina Briscoe. J Child Neurol. 2025 Sep.

Abstract

Child neurologists face questions about increases in visibility of children with neurologic disabilities in the public sphere from our patients. I explore a historic perspective on why both diagnosis and visibility have increased over the last 60 years and reflect on our role as advocates for children with neurologic conditions.

Keywords: autism; developmental disability; other.

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Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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