Family responses to children with early developmental delays. II: Accommodation intensity and activity in early and middle childhood.

Families were interviewed about functional accommodations made to sustain daily routines for a child with disabilities. Accommodation intensities were unchanged from ages 3 to 7 and declined from 7 to 11. However, number of accommodation types increased dramatically from 3 to 11. By late childhood, on average, families broadened the scope of their accommodations but reduced the intensity with which they made them. Accommodations are a continuing feature of family adaptation to developmental disabilities in late childhood rather than a feature of certain developmental periods. They are most consistently associated with child characteristics that directly impact the daily routine.