Developmental Disabilities

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What are Developmental Disabilities

  • a group of conditions due to impairment in physical, learning, language, or behavior areas” ("Facts About Developmental Disabilities").
  • identified before the age of 22 and usually last throughout a person’s lifetime” ("Developmental Disabilities").
  • Types ("Developmental Disabilities")
  1. intellectual disabilities
  • characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills ("Definition of Intellectual Disability")
  • for many children, the cause of their intellectual disability is not known ("Facts About Intellectual Disabilities")
  1. autism spectrum disorders
  • group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges ("Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)")
  • Two Areas ("Autism Spectrum Disorder")
  1. social impairment, including difficulties with social communication
  2. repetitive and stereotyped behaviors
  1. Down syndrome
  • most common genetic chromosomal disorder and cause of learning disabilities in children (“Down Syndrome")
  • Down syndrome occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21 (“Down Syndrome")
  1. language and learning disorders
  • Language disorders in children refer to problems with either getting their meaning or message across to others or understanding the message coming from others ("Language disorder - children: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia")
  • Learning disorders affect how a person understands, remembers and responds to new information ("Learning Disorders: MedlinePlus")
  • may have problems listening, paying attention, speaking, reading, writing, and/or doing math ("Learning Disorders: MedlinePlus")
  1. cerebral palsy
  • refers to any one of a number of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently affect body movement and muscle coordination but don’t worsen over time ("NINDS Cerebral Palsy Information Page")
  • cannot be cured
  1. vision impairment
  • describe any kind of vision loss, whether it's someone who cannot see at all or someone who has partial vision loss (Salvin)
  1. hearing loss
  • associated with any issues individuals may have with hearing
  • described in 3 categories ("What is Hearing Loss?")
  1. type of hearing loss
  2. degree of hearing loss
  3. configuration of hearing loss

References
Autism Spectrum Disorder. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd/index.shtml#part_145439

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). (2015, August 17). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/index.html

Definition of Intellectual Disability. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://aaidd.org/intellectual-disability/definition#.VfHPEFNVikp

Developmental Disabilities. (2010). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.mayinstitute.org/pdfs/developmental_disabilities_fact_sheet.pdf

Down Syndrome. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.ndss.org/Down-Syndrome/

Down syndrome. (2014, April 14). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/down-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20020948

Facts About Developmental Disabilities. (2015, July 9). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/developmentaldisabilities/facts.html

Facts About Intellectual Disabilities. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/IntellectualDisability.pdf

Language disorder - children: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. (2014, June 25). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001545.htm

Learning Disorders: MedlinePlus. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/learningdisorders.html

NINDS Cerebral Palsy Information Page. (2015, July 2). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_palsy/cerebral_palsy.htm

Salvin, J. (2013, October 1). Visual Impairment. Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/sight/visual_impairment.html

Tracking Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities in Missouri: What You Need To Know. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/states/addm-missouri-fact-sheet.pdf

What is Hearing Loss? (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/What-is-Hearing-Loss/