It is very common for people to underestimate the importance of the developmental stages that a human being goes through throughout their life. How a newborn is cared for in its mother's womb, followed by its birth and care processes during its first years of life, determines how a child will be able to achieve and complete what These are called developmental stages, also known as developmental stages. Anything ranging from an accidental intake of teratogens to several additional prolonged minutes, or even seconds, without oxygen during delivery can cause lifelong developmental harm, including both cognitive and/or physical. How do parents of children with these disabilities contribute to their child's growth and development, knowing that their lives, both the parents' and the children's, will be forever affected by such a small and insignificant event? How do second-borns learn to interact and, in some ways, accept and overcome their siblings' differences? This article will focus on discussing the effects that children with mental retardation and learning disabilities have on their families' adaptation to their unique approach to developmental stages. The above questions will be examined throughout this article using personal anecdotes from my family and individual experiences with my brother, as well as several other articles reporting the results of different related studies. The disabilities presented above are somewhat similar. but nevertheless very different inabilities which certainly deserve to be defined. The various studies focused on people suffering from both learning disabilities and mental disorders. A learning disability is usually a given condition...... middle of paper ......d the city alone most of the time on public transport, and is able to be alone and take care of himself when situations require it. Given that his level of independence is significantly higher than most of his friends I've met, I'm not at all surprised that the opportunity to potentially have him live in a specific institution wasn't even considered. mentioned. There is therefore certainly an element of independence to take into account when evaluating the responses of the parents interviewed. It would have been interesting to know if parents had discussed these options with their children and also to see what disabled people would have chosen if a copy of the survey had also been given directly to them. A variation that could have affected the results of the surveys concerns the degree of independence and freedom that parents grant to their children..