Table 3.

The meanings of kininaru-kodomo (KK) obtained during the fieldwork phase

Categories	Codes
Children with the capacity for positive change	Children who can catch up with support
	Children whose possible DDs become less severe over time
Children with ambiguous support needs	Children whose behavioral characteristics can be considered as innate or acquired
	Children who fall into a gray area of possible DD
	Children whose needs assessments do not agree between professionals
Children with a new type of disability	Children with a currently increasing type of ASD
	Children who have less severe disabilities than disabled children in the past
Children whose parents require parenting support	Children whose parents have their own medical and social problems
	Children whose parents have never accepted their child’s possible disability
	Children whose parents are supported by intentionally not informing them of possible disability