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11th June 2019
04:08pm BST

The delay could be down to the trauma of being homeless, a behavioural specialist said in the report.
A mother interviewed as part of the study, meanwhile, said that her infant son had become "rigid" after living in emergency accommodation.
"He has to see the early intervention team, because he can’t climb or walk stairs and he was kind of a rigid baby.
“They’re convinced it’s down to where we lived, because he hadn’t space to move around, to crawl — he had no space at all.”
The study was led by Dr Mel Nowicki, Professor Katherine Brickell and Dr Ella Harris.
“This research has really hammered home how terrifyingly easy it is to become homeless,” said Dr Nowicki.
“Everyone I interviewed just experienced a few bits of bad luck, or lacked a strong family support network."Explore more on these topics: