Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disorders
If a child has significantly low intellectual functioning as compared to his /her age group children, then you may like to bring the child for assessment and intervention. Some of the problems faced by these children can be - problems in understanding and processing new information, not able to learn quickly and efficiently, not able to apply knowledge and skills to solve new problems, unable to think creatively and cannot adjust to new environments.
- Intellectual disability refers to a group of disorders characterized by a limited mental capacity and difficulty with adaptive behaviors such as managing money, schedules and routines, or social interactions. Intellectual disability originates before the age of 18 and may result from physical causes, such as autism or cerebral palsy, or from nonphysical causes, such as lack of stimulation and adult responsiveness.
- Developmental disability is a severe, long term disability that can affect cognitive ability, physical functioning, or both. These disabilities appear before age 22 and are likely to be life-long. The term “developmental disability” encompasses intellectual disability but also includes physical disabilities. Some developmental disabilities may be solely physical, such as blindness from birth. Others involve both physical and intellectual disabilities stemming from genetic or other causes, such as Down syndrome and fetal alcohol syndrome.
IQ testing can be done for children approximately five years of age and older.
Slow development and delayed milestones can be assessed at any age after 6-8 months, but it's better to get assessment and diagnosis as early as possible for early intervention.
Causes
Causes of disability are numerous, and specific causes may be unknown in many cases.
- Trauma (prenatal and postnatal), such as oxygen deprivation before, during or after birth
- Infection (congenital and postnatal)
- Brain malformations
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- Genetic abnormalities and inherited metabolic disorders
- Seizure disorders
- Nutritional deficits such as severe malnutrition
- Environmental influences (alcohol, other drugs, toxins such as lead or mercury, teratogens)
- Severe and chronic social deprivation
We provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and correct intervention based on latest scientific knowledge and therapies which have been found to be very effective in such conditions.