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8 results found in developmental disability.
- Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS, Developmental verbal dyspraxia, DVD)
- A motor speech disorder in which the brain has difficulty planning and coordinating the precise movements of the tongue, lips, jaw, and palate needed for intelligible speech. Unlike other speech disor…
- Developmental Disability (DD, Developmental Disabilities)
- A group of conditions arising from impairments in physical, learning, language, or behavioral areas that begin during the developmental period, typically before age 22, and are expected to be lifelong…
- Developmental disability (Developmental disorder)
- A group of conditions resulting from impairments in physical, learning, language, or behavioural areas that begin during the developmental period, are usually lifelong, and affect day-to-day functioni…
- Early intervention (Early childhood intervention, EI)
- A system of services and supports provided to infants and young children with developmental delays or disabilities, typically from birth to age three, and their families. Early intervention can includ…
- Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability)
- A group of conditions characterised by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem-solving) and adaptive behaviour (everyday social and practical skills), wi…
- Joint attention (Shared attention)
- The shared focus of two or more individuals on the same object or event, typically established through gaze, pointing, or other communicative cues. Joint attention is a foundational social-cognitive s…
- Leukodystrophy (Leukodystrophies)
- Leukodystrophy is a group of rare, progressive, metabolic, genetic diseases that affect the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves by damaging the white matter (myelin sheath) that insulates nerve …
- Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD, Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities, PIMD)
- Profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) refers to a combination of profound intellectual disability with additional physical, sensory, or health impairments that together create extremely c…