Developmental disorders are impairments in a child's physical, cognitive, language, or behavioral development. They can impact everyday functioning and usually last throughout a person's lifetime. Developmental disorders can affect physical abilities, such as vision, and mental abilities, such as learning.

What is an example of a developmental disorder?

Examples of developmental disabilities include autism, behavior disorders, brain injury, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, intellectual disability, and spina bifida.

What is considered a developmental disorder?

Developmental disorder or developmental disability means a severe, chronic disability of an individual who has a mental or physical impairment by the age of 22 which is likely to continue indefinitely and results in substantial functional limitations in three or more areas of major life activity.