developmentally delayed infant

Interregional Group on the Less Developed Regions

Definition: An ill-defined disorder of uncertain nosological validity. The category is designed to include a group of children with severe mental retardation (IQ below 35) who show major problems in hyperactivity and in attention, as well as stereotyped behaviours. They tend not to benefit from stimulant drugs (unlike those with an IQ in the normal range) and may exhibit a severe dysphoric reaction (sometimes with psychomotor retardation) when given stimulants. In adolescence, the overactivity tends to be replaced by underactivity (a pattern that is not usual in hyperkinetic children with normal intelligence). This syndrome is also often associated with a v ...[+++]ariety of developmental delays, either specific or global. The extent to which the behavioural pattern is a function of low IQ or of organic brain damage is not known.

Definition: A type of pervasive developmental disorder that differs from childhood autism either in age of onset or in failing to fulfil all three sets of diagnostic criteria. This subcategory should be used when there is abnormal and impaired development that is present only after age three years, and a lack of sufficient demonstrable abnormalities in one or two of the three areas of psychopathology required for the diagnosis of autism (namely, reciprocal social interactions, communication, and restricted, stereotyped, repetitive behaviour) in spite of characteristic abnormalities in the other area(s). Atypical autism arises most often in p ...[+++]rofoundly retarded individuals and in individuals with a severe specific developmental disorder of receptive language. | Atypical childhood psychosis Mental retardation with autistic features

Interregional Workshop on Developmental Delay and Disability among Children Living in Especially Difficult Circumstances

Definition: A disorder in which the main feature is a serious impairment in the development of motor coordination that is not solely explicable in terms of general intellectual retardation or of any specific congenital or acquired neurological disorder. Nevertheless, in most cases a careful clinical examination shows marked neurodevelopmental immaturities such as choreiform movements of unsupported limbs or mirror movements and other associated motor features, as well as signs of impaired fine and gross motor coordination. | Clumsy ch ...[+++]ild syndrome Developmental:coordination disorder | dyspraxia

They have just come to the realization in China in terms of those who are developmentally delayed, those who have Down's Syndrome, those who have other issues.

When one is exposed to a system where one sees so many benefits, where one sees children who have no language, who are developmentally delayed, in a program where they are thriving and learning language, where one sees them growing and developing so well and being cared for by people who are being paid a pittance but who love every one of those children as though they are their own, it is not something that one looks at coldly as policy.

After pointing out that awareness and knowledge of brain and human development have found critical and sensitive periods in the lives of children, he went on to say that once a child falls behind, he or she is likely to remain behind.

The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aims to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances in the Union through the sustainable development and structural adjustment of regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and regions whose development is lagging behind.