PSY E245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Developmental Disability
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Rubella in the first 3 months can cause intellectual disability. Hiv/aids 75-90% of children with hiv who are not treated will have. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder one of the most common causes of developmental disabilities intellectual disability (1-3 per 100 live births) Physical characteristics include short eye openings, flattened area between mouth and nose, thin upper lip, flattened cheeks and nasal bridge. People with mild intellectual disability with no organic cause are more likely to: Have one parent or sibling with developmental disability. Abortions and contraception were forbidden; mothers couldn"t take care of their. Research conducted with children adopted from these orphanages suggested that. Children who were adopted before 6 months old were able to rebound, they didn"t. Children adopted after 6 months showed delays social and environmental interaction are important to development babies so they were put in orphanages with horrible conditions should deficits.
