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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This guide aims to provide background on IDD and the many contributing factors/diagnoses, as well as resources for student/faculty researchers and relevant organizations to be aware of.

References

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. (n.d.). Defining criteria for intellectual disabilityhttps://www.aaidd.org/intellectual-disability/definition.

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. (2021). FAQs and resourceshttps://www.aaidd.org/intellectual-disability/faqs-on-intellectual-disability.

The Arc Alliance. (2012). Intellectual disabilityhttps://thearcalliance.org/intellectual-disability/.

Brown, L. (2011). The significance of semantics: Person-first language: Why it matters. Autistic Hoya. https://www.autistichoya.com/2011/08/significance-of-semantics-person-first.html.

Center for Parent Information and Resources. (2015). Traumatic brain injuryhttps://www.parentcenterhub.org/tbi/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Facts about intellectual disability in childrenhttps://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/facts-about-intellectual-disability.html.

Defendi, G.L. (2020). What are the cognitive features of Klinefelter syndrome? Medscape. https://www.medscape.com/answers/945649-114932/what-are-the-cognitive-features-of-klinefelter-syndrome.

Hawley, E. (2020). Person-first and identity-first language choices. National Aging and Disability Transportation Center. https://www.nadtc.org/news/blog/person-first-and-identity-first-language-choices/.

MedlinePlus. (2022). Williams syndromehttps://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/williams-syndrome/.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2021). About intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/idds/conditioninfo#f1.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2021). Cerebral palsyhttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/cerebral-palsy.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2018). Down syndromehttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/downsyndrome.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2021). Fragile Xhttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/fragilex.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2016). Klinefelter syndromehttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/klinefelter.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2016). Phenylketonuriahttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/pku.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2021). Prader-Willi syndromehttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/prader-willi.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2022). Rett syndromehttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/rett.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2020). Traumatic brain injuryhttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/tbi.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2021). Turner syndromehttps://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/turner.

Office of Disability Rights. (2006). People first languagehttps://odr.dc.gov/page/people-first-language.