All of these scientific and medical developments signified only greater possibilities of survival for children with disabilities, to the extent that they could overcome many types of adversity that had previously been impossible to treat and had generated high rates of infant mortality; furthermore, these advances increased the options available to give children with disabilities access to family, educational, and social scenarios.
Todos estos desarrollos de la ciencia y la medicina, significaron para los niños/as con discapacidad, no sólo mayores posibilidades de supervivencia, en la medida que podían superar muchas clases de adversidades que antes era imposible tratar y generaban altas tasas de mortalidad infantil, sino que incrementaron sus opciones de acceder a escenarios familiares, educacionales y sociales.