Melatonin therapy for circadian rhythm sleep disorders in children with multiple disabilities: what have we learned in the last decade?

In this discussion, children are considered to have multiple disabilities and low functioning when they have a combination of severe neurodevelopmental disabilities, such as visual impairment, epilepsy, intellectual deficits, cerebral palsy, attention-deficit–hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, eating difficulties, and other neuropsychiatric problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]