Intellectual Disability

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.

Corneal cross-linking is the best noninvasive step to protect patients with intellectual disability and keratoconus from vision loss, according to one specialist.

Intrauterine devices effectively manage menstrual pain and bleeding in adolescents with disabilities, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Children with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism or delayed puberty are more likely to develop neurodevelopment disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder, ADHD and intellectual disabilities, compared with those who undergo normal puberty, according to findings published in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology.

Between 2009 and 2017, approximately one in six children aged 3 to 17 years in the United States had a diagnosed developmental disability, according to updated prevalence estimates published in Pediatrics. Researchers noted increases specifically in the prevalence of ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability.

Results of a population-based cohort study that included more than 1 million school-age children in the United Kingdom suggested that the youngest children in a school class were around 1.4 times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD compared with the oldest children. Researchers also noted that these children were 1.3 times more likely to be diagnosed with intellectual disability and depression.

Maternal anemia in early pregnancy appeared to be linked to greater risk for autism spectrum disorder, ADHD and intellectual disability among offspring, findings published in JAMA Psychiatry revealed.

Compared with typical adults, those with neurodevelopmental disabilities may be more susceptible to early mortality following a low-trauma fracture, according to findings published in Bone.