—Asthma is more common in children with some developmental disabilities, including ADHD and autism spectrum disorders. How should we use this information? Reviewed by Nicole Foubister, Clinical ...

The prevalence of children diagnosed with any developmental disability increased significantly in recent years, from 5.76% in 2014 to 6.99% in 2016, according to new data from the National Center for ...

The percentage of U.S. children, ages 3-17, who have ever been diagnosed with a developmental disability has once again increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ...

An increasing number of American children have developmental disabilities, the federal government says, even as autism and intellectual disability rates remain largely steady. Between 2014 and 2016, ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics says the rate of diagnoses for developmental disabilities in children ages 3-17 years old in ...

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering up a new estimate of the number of American children with intellectual disability. In a study looking at 8-year-olds in ...

In the United States, 26 percent of adults and two in five adults over 65 years old have at least one disability, and these numbers are increasing. The October 2022 edition of Health Affairs is the ...

People with developmental disability are nearly three times as likely than other patients to experience preventable physical injuries while in hospital, reveals new research by the London School of ...