developmentally delayed infant

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

instructor of persons with developmental disabilities

teacher of persons with developmental disabilities

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

This question is with respect to cuts to early childhood intervention programs that help children on reserve with developmental delays prepare for school.

Another component, which I haven't heard mentioned yet, is the early identification, and support and intervention, for children at risk of developmental delay and children with disabilities.

For those folks on the panel who aren't familiar with those, they're basically the same as the thermostat in your house, except imagine being able to control the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system for an entire correctional facility or a complex like a mental health centre or a residence for developmentally delayed adults.

The EI system also isn't very conducive to persons with disabilities, particularly people with episodic disabilities where a person with MS, for example—I'm not sure about the developmentally delayed individuals you're dealing with—has good times and bad, but the EI system does not take that into account.