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Understanding Disability Appraisals to Support Adjustment in Pediatric SCI

2026 Spring, Clinical highlight, The Health Psychologist

Deanna Tuttle
Deanna Tuttle, M.S.
Clinical Research Coordinator, Shriners Children’s Chicago
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate, Roosevelt University

 

Kyle Deane
Kyle Deane, Ph.D.
Pediatric Psychologist, Shriners Children’s Chicago
Clinical Associate Professor, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Two adolescents can experience nearly identical spinal cord injuries (SCI) and yet have very different emotional, social, and health outcomes. One may feel hopeful, supported, and confident in navigating life with a disability. Another may feel defined by loss, injustice, or uncertainty about the future. What often distinguishes these experiences is not the injury itself, but how the injury is understood.


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