| Neurodevelopmental disorders are different from a | | | | or at the very least has learning disabilities. They also |
| simple developmental disability. A developmental | | | | have social interaction problems and other autistic like |
| disability means anything that causes, with an onset | | | | symptoms. Interestingly Fragile X will come up once in |
| during childhood, delays in normal function. These could | | | | two thousand male births, but oddly only once in four |
| include, but are not limited to, mental retardation, | | | | thousand births of girls. |
| seizures, or cerebral palsy. The child with a | | | | William's syndrome is another neurodevelopmental |
| developmental disability will have problems with mobility, | | | | disorder. This one is much more unusual occurring only |
| learning, self care and/or communication. | | | | rarely with one in every twenty-five thousand births. Its |
| Neurodevelopmental disorders mean the specific | | | | characteristics include failure to thrive and slow growth, |
| disorder that causes the disability. This can include, but | | | | widely spaced teeth, developmental delays, high blood |
| is not limited to, Autism, Down syndrome, Williams's | | | | calcium levels, language and behavioral difficulties, and |
| syndrome or Fragile X. Of the neurodevelopmental | | | | hyperacusis, which is oversensitivity to loud sounds. |
| disorders Autism is probably one of the ones most | | | | Despite these difficulties sufferers of William's |
| familiar to the general public. It is one of he better know | | | | syndrome are known for being very friendly and |
| pervasive developmental disorders and has three very | | | | outgoing. |
| distinctive sets of symptoms. These include a lack of | | | | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as |
| imaginative play that is instead replaced by repetitive | | | | ADHD, occurs in a surprisingly large number of children. |
| play, difficulties with spoken communication and | | | | Studies have shown that three to five percent of all |
| non-spoken communication and an inability to have | | | | school age children suffer from ADHD. The symptoms |
| normal social interplay. | | | | include difficulty focusing, being distracted easily, |
| Turner's syndrome is exclusively a condition suffered | | | | impatience, restlessness, difficulty in staying in one |
| by girls. It is caused because the X chromosome is | | | | place and a host of others that all come down to |
| either totally or partly missing. Some of the signs of | | | | trouble paying attention. Twenty five percent of |
| Turner's are the girls being short and not having normal | | | | children with ADHD also have a parent with it. |
| development as they reach puberty. She may also | | | | No matter which neurodevelopmental disorder a child |
| have kidney or heart deformities. This syndrome can | | | | has early intervention and a good program designed |
| arise in one in twenty five hundred births of girls. | | | | specifically with their special needs in mind is essential |
| Fragile X can affect boys or girls. A child with this | | | | to give them the best chance at a full life as they |
| disorder is usually mentally retarded to some degree | | | | grow. |