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Developmental Disabilities


The National Library of Medicine (NLM) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers a website, 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.

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 Dental Care Every Day: A Caregiver's Guide (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) Parent Training and Information Centers (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Research Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Branch (MRDD) [PDF, ] (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) 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) 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) All About the IEP (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Questions and Answers about IDEA [PDF, ] (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) Children Coping with Disaster: Suggestions for Helping Children with Cognitive Disabilities (National Institute of Health) 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)

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

Last Reviewed: November 2009

Last Updated: April 19, 2012

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