Developmental Disabilities

Skip Navigation

Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families

acfbanner

Skip Navigation

ECLKC Home > Disabilities > Services to Children with Disabilities > Disabilities

Developmental Disabilities


The National Library of Medicine (NLM) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers a web site, MedlinePlus, that provides authoritative answers to family questions. Head Start parents, health and disabilities coordinators and all program staff will find Developmental Disabilities a key resource that provides contact information for organizations dedicated to these conditions, an easy to understand overview and information on prevention, screening, coping, specific conditions such as Developmental Dyspraxia, clinical trials, and pertinent laws. This site also provides a link to the state resources page on the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities web site.

Developmental Disabilities From the National Institutes of Health Pervasive Developmental Disorders (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary Overviews Developmental Disabilities - An Overview (American Academy of Pediatrics) Prevention/Screening Newborn Screening Tests (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) Also available in: Spanish Coping Mental Retardation: Learning How to Help Your Child (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also available in: Spanish Specific Conditions Developmental Dyspraxia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Mental Retardation (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) Mental Retardation (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Also available in: Spanish Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Nemours Foundation) Related Issues Communicating with Your Child's School through Letter Writing (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Dental Care Every Day: A Caregiver's Guide (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) (Nemours Foundation) Parent Training and Information Centers (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Developmental Disabilities (National Institutes of Health) ClinicalTrials.gov: Mental Retardation (National Institutes of Health) Genetics Genetics Home Reference: Angelman syndrome (National Library of Medicine) Genetics Home Reference: Cockayne syndrome (National Library of Medicine) Genetics Home Reference: Cornelia de Lange syndrome (National Library of Medicine) Genetics Home Reference: Cri-du-chat syndrome (National Library of Medicine) Genetics Home Reference: Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (National Library of Medicine) Genetics Home Reference: Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (National Library of Medicine) Genes and Disease: Cockayne Syndrome (National Center for Biotechnology Information) NICHD Funded Researchers Discover Gene for Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Discovery May Lead to Prenatal Test for Debilitating Disorder (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Research Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Children with Disabilities and Injuries at School (Nemours Foundation) Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Branch (MRDD) (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Taking Fatty Acid Supplements Could Improve Behavior and School Performance in Kids with DCD (Nemours Foundation) Dictionaries/Glossaries Kids' Quest on Disability and Health: Dictionary (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) Directories State Resources (Disability-Related) (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Organizations Administration on Developmental Disabilities National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Also available in: Spanish National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Also available in: Spanish National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Law and Policy Americans with Disabilities Act - ADA Home Page (Dept. of Justice) Closing the Gap: A National Blueprint to Improve the Health of Persons with Mental Retardation (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Disabilities That Qualify Infants, Toddlers, Children, and Youth for Services Under the IDEA (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Also available in: Spanish Guide to the Individualized Education Program (Dept. of Education) IDEA Reauthorization News (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Intermediate Care Facility for People with Mental Retardation Program (ICF/MR) (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) Questions and Answers about IDEA (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Also available in: Spanish Related Services under IDEA for School-Aged Children with Disabilities (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Also available in: Spanish Services in School for Children with Special Needs: What Parents Need to Know (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Also available in: Spanish Children Coping with Disaster: Suggestions for Helping Children with Cognitive Disabilities (Administration for Children and Families) Kids' Quest on Disability and Health (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) Zigawhat (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Seniors Mental Retardation (AGS Foundation for Health in Aging) More>>

Developmental Disabilities. MedlinePlus. National Library of Medicine. HHS/NIH/NLM. n.d. English. Web Site.

More on Disabilities