Pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) — now known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — refers to a group of conditions that affect average development. It may appear as a delay in development of ...

After a four-and-a-half-year national investigation involving over 9,000 accounts and 32 public hearings, an Australian commission issued a comprehensive and incriminating 4,872-page report on abuses ...

Rocco Friebel ([email protected]), London School of Economics and Political Science and Center for Global Development Europe, London, United Kingdom. Laia Maynou, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, ...

Spurred by an abuse scandal and a patient who choked to death in front of workers, an investigative group has found that “pervasive” problems remain at the state’s Whiting Forensic and Connecticut ...

There are hundreds of questions floating around about PDD like What are Pervasive Developmental Disorders?, Is there any treatment?, and What is the prognosis?. In this article we try to answer some ...

Correction: Cure Autism Now no longer exists; it became part of Autism Speaks, 216-538-9542, AutismSpeaks.org. What is autism? Autism spectrum disorders comprise a group of developmental disabilities ...

The number of children with developmental disabilities is on the rise with new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that nearly 1 in 11 kids are diagnosed with autism, ...

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

March marks Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and People Inc. is using the time to highlight programs designed to help people with disabilities connect with ...

The share of American children who have ever been diagnosed with a developmental disability increased again in 2021, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ...