Developmental Disability

Children with emotional or cognitive disabilities were more likely to report being suspended or expelled from school compared with children with physical disabilities or no disabilities, according to findings in Academic Pediatrics.

American Society of Hematology presented Advocacy Awards to two individuals at this year’s ASH Annual Meeting.

A new policy statement from the AAP provides guidance on how to help youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities transition to adult care.

Approximately one in nine children in the United States had ever received an ADHD diagnosis as of 2022, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute launched a neuro-inclusive oncology care and empowerment program designed to support adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities on their cancer journeys.

Potential behavioral changes stemming from puberty were among the most common concerns of parents whose daughters presented for a premenarchal visit, researchers wrote in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.

Increased age and preexisting health conditions affected COVID-19 outcomes among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Older individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities were more likely to take more psychiatric medications and have more medical conditions, according to study results published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Certain antidepressants appeared associated with specific birth defects, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Asthma prevalence estimates were 10 percentage points higher among children with a developmental disability or delay than among children without one, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.