Developmental Disabilities (definition)

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Definition: Disorders in which there is a delay in development based on that expected for a given age level or stage of development. These impairments or disabilities originate before age 18, may be expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute a substantial impairment. Biological and nonbiological factors are involved in these disorders. (From American Psychiatric Glossary, 6th ed)

Other names Disabilities, Developmental; Developmental Delay Disorders; Child Development Disorders, Specific; Child Development Disorders; Child Development Deviations; Disability, Developmental; Deviation, Child Development; Developmental Disability; Developmental Delay Disorder; Development Disorder, Child; Development Deviations, Child; Development Deviation, Child; Child Development Disorder; Child Development Deviation; Development Disorders, Child

Substance	Categories	Source
Der Kaloustian Mcintosh Silver syndrome	Synostosis Developmental Disabilities Muscle Hypotonia Facies.
Bagatelle Cassidy syndrome	Hearing Loss, Bilateral Hypertelorism Limb Deformities, Congenital Macrocephaly Developmental Disabilities.
Grubben de Cock Borghgraef syndrome	Developmental Disabilities Eczema/congenital Muscle Hypotonia/congenital Tooth Abnormalities *Limb Deformities, Congenital.
Ter Haar syndrome	Heart Defects, Congenital Osteochondrodysplasias/congenital *Craniofacial Abnormalities Developmental Disabilities.
Oliver-McFarlane syndrome	Blepharoptosis Dwarfism Hypertrichosis Intellectual Disability *Retinitis Pigmentosa Developmental Disabilities.
Tetra amelia with ectodermal dysplasia and lacrimal duct abnormalities	*Ectromelia Developmental Disabilities Face/abnormalities.
Cohen syndrome	Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Muscle Hypotonia Myopia *Obesity Developmental Disabilities Fingers/abnormalities.
Partington Anderson syndrome	Growth Disorders Microcephaly *Facies Developmental Disabilities.	Am J Med Genet. 49(2):247-50
Non-lissencephalic cortical dysplasia	Brain Diseases Movement Disorders Speech Disorders Malformations of Cortical Development Developmental Disabilities.
Chitty Hall Webb syndrome	*Fractures, Bone Bone and Bones/abnormalities Developmental Disabilities.
Chitayat Moore Del Bigio syndrome	*Dandy-Walker Syndrome Developmental Disabilities Facial Bones/abnormalities.
Malpuech facial clefting syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Heart Defects, Congenital *Craniofacial Abnormalities Developmental Disabilities.
Al Gazali Sabrinathan Nair syndrome	Optic Atrophy Osteogenesis Imperfecta *Retinal Diseases Developmental Disabilities.
Abuse dwarfism syndrome	*Dwarfism Child Behavior Disorders Developmental Disabilities.
Refsum disease with increased pipecolic acidemia	Hepatomegaly Refsum Disease Developmental Disabilities Pipecolic Acids/urine.

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