Nurturing Care For Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Children with neurodevelopmental challenges face inadequacies in neurological and brain functioning resulting in impairments in cognition, communication, mobility, or social interaction. In addition, they are exposed to unfavourable cultural beliefs, discrimination, and family stigma with higher possibilities of maltreatment or neglect. The limited resources further complicate their care by their caregivers. Moreover, the prolonged parental grief and stress related to parenting a child with a disability. Furthermore, studies in low and middle-income countries have excluded children with disabilities, and therefore little is known on how interventions such as nurturing care programs can be implemented to support them.