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Nameera Akhtar1, Vikram K Jaswal
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. nakhtar@ucsc.edu
Abstract:
How should differences between "typically developing" children and other populations be interpreted? To what extent should the emphasis be on advocating remediation for children who are on a developmental trajectory that differs from the norm versus embracing different developmental trajectories as equally valid contributions to the diversity of human experience? The 6 target articles and 2 commentaries in this special section offer a diverse set of perspectives on the tensions and responsibilities inherent in interpreting and acting on differences between children of different cultural, ethnic, linguistic, socioeconomic, and neurological backgrounds.
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