Raising a Child with a Disability A child with a disability has someone who was diagnosed with an illness at birth, an illness, or an accident that can leave a person with a disability. Sometimes a person may not be diagnosed until years later. This disability that will not allow a person to function regularly day to day. Therefore, someone has to take responsibility for caring for that child and making sure he or she is taken care of. A child can be born with multiple disabilities and this is just to name a few: Down syndrome, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), mental retardation. Each disability can be different. Some may be more serious than others. they may come from different cultures and financial backgrounds. Disability can also occur as a person ages. Raising a child with a disability may present some difficulties and challenges, but it will bring many rewards; just like having a normal child. A parent wants their child to live a normal and fulfilling life like any other normal child. This lifestyle will require extra patience, time, adaptive equipment, and a special person to do it. When you accept that your child has a disability it is a good idea to obtain all the literature on that type of disability. This will help you understand your child's disability. Parent involvement is needed to find support groups, so they can get an idea of ​​the things someone in the support group has done to achieve certain results. Children with disabilities are more in the public eye than they were years ago, although they are still treated differently. Our society treats them differently with respect to the lack of education about special needs. Society labels them and makes their lives more difficult than necessary because...... middle of paper ......hele (2013) The future of planning for a person with a disability: what challenges will arise? NAELA Diary; vol. 9 Number 2, page. 189-224, 36p. ehis.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid+23e22f44-2c42- 424e-8f29-abffcd373f71%40sessionmgr113&vid+4&hid+4102Tsibidaki, Assimina (2013)Marital Relations in Greek Families Raising a Child with a serious disability. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology Vol.11 Issue 1P. 25-50. 26p. ehis.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/eds/detail?vid=3&sid=2501e105-5921-45dab3 5a-a2901coacd91@sessionmagr110&hid=101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c210ZQ==# db=ehh&AN=91584075Banker, Neelkanth (2012). Role of parental acceptance and involvement in the rehabilitation process of a child with disabilities. Golden Thoughts of Research, Vol. 1 Number 7, Special Part pag. 1-5. 17:00.