Developmental disabilities (DD) or neurodevelopmental disabilities (includes intellectual
disability (ID)) are a diverse group of chronic disorders (Table 1) that begin at any time …

Increasingly more and more children with developmental disabilities survive into adulthood.
Pediatricians and other clinicians are called upon to care for an increasing number of …

Developmental Disabilities are disorders of the developing nervous system that manifest
during infancy or childhood as developmental delay or as limitations of function in one or …

Over the past 20 years, there have been tremendous reductions in early childhood mortality,
largely stimulated by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. 1 With improved …

Changes within the interdisciplinary field of intellectual and developmental disabilities are
evolving at a rapid pace. Clinicians, academics, administrators, and a variety of mental …

Developmental delay is frequently used to identify children with delay in meeting
developmental milestones in one or more streams of development. There is no consensus …

According to the CDC" about one in six, or about 15%, of children aged 3 through 17 years
have one or more developmental disabilities," such as ADHD, autism spectrum disorders …

OBJECTIVES: To study the national prevalence of 10 developmental disabilities in US
children aged 3 to 17 years and explore changes over time by associated demographic and …

The first 5 years of life form the building blocks for lifelong health and wellbeing, as shown
by epidemiological risk and physiological, psychological, and neuroscientific evidence …

Neurodevelopmental disabilities are collectively a common problem in child health that
frequently prompts neurologic assessment and intervention. They are a group of …