Neurodevelopmental disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Disorders characterized by disabilities in brain functioning that emerge at birth or during early childhood, affecting behavior, memory, concentration, and learning.

Intellectual Disability

A disorder during the developmental period with both intellectual and adaptive functioning deficits, requiring ongoing support and impacting daily life.

Adaptive functioning

The ability to perform daily life tasks, including communication, social involvement, and personal independence.

Global Developmental Delay

A diagnosis for children under 5 who fail to meet expected developmental milestones in intellectual functioning.

Language Disorder

Persistent difficulties in acquiring and using language due to comprehension or production deficits, leading to functional communication limitations.

Speech Sound Disorder

Persistent difficulty with speech sound production affecting speech intelligibility or preventing effective verbal communication.

Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder

Disturbances in speech fluency that are inappropriate for the individual's age, such as stuttering or excessive tension during speech.

Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder

Persistent difficulties in social use of verbal and nonverbal communication, affecting social interaction and communication effectiveness.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

A disorder marked by persistent deficits in social communication and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

A pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development.

Specific Learning Disorder

Difficulties learning and using academic skills, causing significant interference with academic or daily activities.

Developmental Coordination Disorder

Substantial difficulties in coordinated motor skills, significantly interfering with daily activities.

Tourette’s Disorder

A condition characterized by multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics persisting for over a year since onset.

Persistent Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder

Single or multiple tics (motor or vocal) present for over a year, but not both motor and vocal, without meeting criteria for Tourette's disorder.