mild intellectual disability [ mild intellectual developemental disorder | mild mental retardation ]

moderate intellectual disability [ moderate intellectual developemental disorder | moderate mental retardation ]

intellectual disability [ intellectual developmental disorder | mental handicap | oligophrenia | mental deficiency | mental retardation ]

intellectual disability | ID | intellectual developmental disorder | developmental disability | mental handicap | intellectual deficiency | mental deficiency | mental retardation

We know the health implications of this are difficult to measure, but we also know from the literature that there are a variety of potential bad effects, which include destruction of the endocrine system, cancer, abnormal fetal development, kidney disorders, intellectual development impairment, etc.

Mr. Pooran: From our standpoint, CACL serves individuals with intellectual, developmental and cognitive disabilities.

(Return tabled) Question No. 422 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to nutrition in child and adolescent populations in Canada: (a) does government policy include recognition and acceptance of the principle that Canada’s children and adolescents are entitled to nutritious food (i) regardless of where they live, (ii) regardless of their family income, (iii) particularly when economic forces undermine efforts by parents and caregivers to ensure healthy eating; (b) given that the 1992 World Declaration on Nutrition, to which Canada was a signatory, states that access to nutritionally adequate and safe food is a right of each individual, what specific actions have the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Health Canada undertaken for ...[+++]children and adolescents in order to fulfill this commitment; (c) what percentage of children and adolescents in Canada is food insecure, (i) do disparities exist, including, but not limited to, disability status, ethnicity, gender, geography, socio-economic status, (ii) if so, specify; (d) what percentage of children and adolescents lives below the poverty line, (i) do disparities exist, including, but not limited to, disability status, ethnicity, gender, geography, socio-economic status, (ii) if so, specify; (e) what percentage of children and adolescents has, as a result of living below the poverty line, (i) poor nutritional status, (ii) poor health outcomes due to their poor nutritional status; (f) what percentage of members of each of the following groups is food insecure, (i) child and adolescent newcomers, (ii) children and adolescents who live in poverty, (iii) children and adolescents who live in priority neighbourhoods, (iv) Aboriginal children and adolescents; (g) what percentage of children and adolescents (i) involuntarily misses meals, (ii) lacks healthy variety in its diet; (h) does the government have information, and, if so, what is that information, concerning (i) how (g)(i) and (g)(ii) impact the caloric a ...

Noise exposure disturbs sleep, affects childrens' cognitive development and may lead to psychosomatic illnesses.