Developmental Disabilities: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Developmental Disabilities

Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Type 6

A few types of epilepsy, however, are characterized by seizures which begin very early in childhood and are associated with severe intellectual and/or developmental disabilities [centerwatch.com]

Dravet syndrome is a rare epilepsy that begins in infancy, is lifelong and often leads to developmental disability. [2] It is most often caused by a mutation or deletion in [cureepilepsy.org]

The majority of children with Dravet syndrome; however, experience some degree of developmental disability that persists. [disabled-world.com]

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Besides, she presented with an unusually early beginning of muscular dystrophy symptoms with infantile-onset motor developmental delay, intellectual disability and early calf [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Home: An Algorithm for Developmental Surveillance and Screening Comprehensive Evaluation of the Child With Intellectual Disability or Global Developmental Delays Education [aap.org]

Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Fanconi Anemia

About 60–75% of people have congenital defects, commonly short stature, abnormalities of the skin, arms, head, eyes, kidneys, and ears, and developmental disabilities. [en.wikipedia.org]

Waisman Syndrome

The Family Specialist is a staff member of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, (UCEDD) Developmental Disabilities Services Unit at the Waisman [jobs.diversejobs.net]

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: January 2012, Vol. 117, No. 1, pp. 1-17. [aaiddjournals.org]

[…] research, education and outreach on developmental disabilities and neurodegenerative diseases. [wisconsintechnologycouncil.com]

Autism

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 122 :1, 49-61. Online publication date: 17-Jan-2017. [doi.org]

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 19, 177 - 188. [doi.org]

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 115 :5, 364-380. Online publication date: 5-Aug-2010. [doi.org]

Intellectual Disability

disability English intellectual disability generalized neurodevelopmental disorder mental retardation intellectual developmental disability ID IDD general learning disability [wikidata.org]

Intellectual disability Other names Intellectual developmental disability (IDD), general learning disability[1] Children with intellectual disabilities and other developmental [en.wikipedia.org]

From Wikidata Jump to navigation Jump to search generalized neurodevelopmental disorder mental retardation intellectual developmental disability ID IDD general learning disability [wikidata.org]

Cerebral Palsy

Disabilities, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 51, 5, (385), (2013). [doi.org]

[…] with developmental disabilities at our annual Art of Care celebration. [ucpla.org]

A multiple-source method for studying the prevalence of developmental disabilities in children: the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Study. [web.archive.org]

Optic Atrophy-Intellectual Disability Syndrome

Its common features include developmental delay, intellectual disability, hypotonia, optic nerve atrophy, attention deficit disorder, autism spectrum disorder, seizures, hearing [fcd.mcw.edu]

Intellectual or developmental disabilities can seriously affect a patient in the way they think and move. [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] a rare, hereditary, syndromic intellectual disability characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability, and significant visual impairment due to optic nerve [orpha.net]

17q11 Microdeletion Syndrome

Intellectual disability, developmental delay, and dysmorphisms are the only clinical features common to a majority of cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

disability, increased risk of malignancies, and a large number of neurofibromas. [monarchinitiative.org]

17q11 microdeletion syndrome is a rare severe form of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1; see this term) characterized by mild facial dysmorphism, developmental delay, intellectual [monarchinitiative.org]

Developmental Disabilities

Approximately 46% of people with developmental disabilities were reported to have some type of home smoking policy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract We explored health care differences across the lifespan comparing people with developmental disabilities to people without developmental disabilities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: People with developmental disabilities lead more sedentary lifestyles, consume poorer diets, as well as have higher rates of chronic conditions such as diabetes [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Asperger Syndrome

Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI Mcmullen, P. ( 2000 ) ` The Gifted Side of Autism ', Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 15: 239 — 42. [doi.org]

& Simpson, R.L. ( 2000 ) ` Asperger Syndrome: A Study of the Cognitive Profiles of 37 Children and Adolescents ', Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 15 [doi.org]

& Minshew, N.J. ( 2002 ) ` An Update on Neurocognitive Profiles in Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism ', Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities [doi.org]

Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy Type 2

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities https://aaidd.org/home Honeycutt A, Dunlap L, Chen H, Homsi G. [cdc.gov]

In general, the earlier treatment begins the better chance children have of overcoming developmental disabilities or learning new ways to accomplish the tasks that challenge [childneurologyfoundation.org]

Additional clinical features include congenital hypotonia, intellectual disability, and developmental delay. [orpha.net]

Trisomy 21

disabilities, Research in Developmental Disabilities, 53-54, (19), (2016). [dx.doi.org]

[…] in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 5, (1884), (2011). [dx.doi.org]

Belmont, Beyond matching on the mean in developmental disabilities research, Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 6, (2134), (2011). [dx.doi.org]

Angelman Syndrome

BACKGROUND: Parenting stress has been consistently reported among parents of children with developmental disabilities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Our Clinic: Services Overview of Clinical Services Angelman syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by developmental delay, speech impairment, severe intellectual disability [cidd.unc.edu]

Disabilities and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Profound Intellectual Disability

Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities JF - Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities SN - 1079-3917 IS - 4 ER - [moh-it.pure.elsevier.com]

Dental needs of persons with developmental disabilities in orange county. J. Dev. Phys. Disabil. 5: 253–264. [link.springer.com]

This case illustrates an important medical problem affecting people with developmental disability and a management challenge for their caretakers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Williams-Beuren Syndrome

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 50 :2, 155-168. Online publication date: 29-May-2012. [doi.org]

Adult patients were handicapped by their developmental disabilities. Hypertension, and gastrointestinal and genitourinary problems occurred frequently. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Kover, Language Development in Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Fifty Years of Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 10.1016 [doi.org]

Hypogammaglobulinemia

Although immunosuppressive effects of antiepileptic drug are well known, serious complications of antiepileptic drug are rare. We report a case of hypogammaglobulinemia associated with aplasia of B lymphocytes after carbamazepine treatment. Despite repeated intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy, this[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Kaufman Oculocerebrofacial Syndrome

On this page See, Play and Learn No links available Summary Developmental disabilities are severe, long-term problems. They may be physical, such as blindness. [medlineplus.gov]

Der Kaloustian Mcintosh Silver syndrome 0 *Synostosis *Developmental Disabilities *Muscle Hypotonia *Facies. [reference.md]

The diagnosis of KOS is established in a proband with developmental delay/intellectual disability and biallelic UBE3B pathogenic variants. Management. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome

It often results in treatment-resistant infantile epilepsy with progressive developmental disabilities and a complex movement disorder. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Disabilities Veteran's Services Wellness Community Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver STAR Place4 Counseling Mental Health First Aid Certification American Heart Association [gulfbend.org]

The hallmark symptoms of classical Glut1 Deficiency are seizures (approximately 90% of patients), a complex movement disorder, developmental delay and intellectual disability [g1dfoundation.org]

Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome

Affected individuals are described to have global developmental delay, intellectual disability, and characteristic dysmorphic features. [n.neurology.org]

Conclusion: Pitt-Hopkins syndrome is an important differential diagnosis in children with severe global developmental disability, lack of speech development and phases of [thieme-connect.com]

PTHS is characterized by intellectual disability and developmental delay, breathing problems, recurrent seizures (epilepsy), and distinctive facial features. [childrens.com]

Microcephaly

KEYWORDS: brain; developmental delay; developmental disability; infant; malformation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Severe problems may include seizures, vision or hearing problems, and developmental disabilities, the Centers for Disease Control said. [catholicnewsagency.com]

Babies with severe microcephaly may have lifelong health problems, including intellectual and developmental disabilities. [sharecare.com]

Legius Syndrome

Learning disabilities, developmental delay and ADHD are known. [pediatricneurology.conferenceseries.com]

Additional clinical manifestations reported commonly include intertriginous freckling, lipomas, macrocephaly, and learning disabilities / ADHD / developmental delays. [rasopathiesnet.org]

Malpuech Syndrome

Disorders; Child Development Deviations; Disability, Developmental; Deviation, Child Development; Developmental Disability; Developmental Delay Disorder; Development Disorder [reference.md]

disability, and abnormalities of the renal system (kidneys) and the male genitalia. [icd.codes]

Deficiencies such as mental retardation, learning disability, growth retardation and developmental delay are common. [owlapps.net]

Developmental Reading Disorder

(Author) Descriptors: Adolescents, Biological Influences, Children, Cognitive Development, Congenital Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Dyslexia, Genetics, Heredity [eric.ed.gov]

Developmental reading disorder is a reading disability that occurs when the brain does not properly recognize and process certain symbols. It is also called dyslexia. [medlineplus.gov]

Finally, Part VI deals with legal and ethical issues as they pertain to developmentally disabled persons. [books.google.com]

Autosomal Dominant Mental Retardation Type 21

Mental Retardation Definition Mental retardation is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

disabilities. [genome.jp]

Related phenotypes are intellectual disability and global developmental delay Disease Ontology : 12 An autosomal dominant non-syndromic intellectual disability that has material [malacards.org]

Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome

Wiedemann–Steiner Syndrome (WSS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hypertrichosis, short stature, intellectual disability, developmental delay, and facial [moh-it.pure.elsevier.com]

Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome (WSS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hypertrichosis, short stature, intellectual disability, developmental delay, and facial [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

AB - Wiedemann–Steiner Syndrome (WSS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hypertrichosis, short stature, intellectual disability, developmental delay, and facial [moh-it.pure.elsevier.com]

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

KEYWORDS: birth defects; clinical review; developmental disabilities; fetal alcohol syndrome; population-based surveillance [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Coleen Boyle, the CDC director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, in a press release. [latinoshealth.com]

disabilities with serious permanent consequences. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

3q29 Microdeletion

On this page See, Play and Learn No links available Summary Developmental disabilities are severe, long-term problems. They may be physical, such as blindness. [medlineplus.gov]

disabilities. 57 Kaminsky EB...Martin CL 21844811 2011 10 A case of 3q29 microdeletion syndrome involving oral cleft inherited from a nonaffected mosaic parent: molecular [malacards.org]

1p36 deletion Developmental delays and intellectual disabilities are present in all children with 1p36 deletions and typically range from moderate to profound. [portal.bsc.gwu.edu]

Baraitser-Winter Syndrome

disabilities are severe, long-term problems. [medicbind.com]

The severity of intellectual disability/developmental delay and presence of seizures correlates with the degree to which neuronal migration defects are evident. [invitae.com]

Some features of this syndrome include: developmental delay intellectual disabilities hearing loss seizures Below is a brief video of Baraitser-Winter Syndrome highlighting [fdna.com]

Monosomy 1p36 Syndrome

Subtelomere FISH analysis of 11 688 cases: An evaluation of the frequency and pattern of subtelomere rearrangements in individuals with developmental disabilities. [ijsciences.com]

Developmental delay/intellectual disability of variable degree are present in all, and hypotonia in 95%. Seizures occur in 44%-58% of affected individuals. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Family Membership is open to those affected by a Rare Chromosome Disorder or certain Autosomal Dominant Single Gene Disorders causing as a minimum learning disability/developmental [rarechromo.org]