Informational Guide for People

with Developmental Disabilities

Definitions
Intellectual Disability is characterized by having an IQ of approximately 70
or below.
Cerebral Palsy is characterized by paralysis, spasticity, or abnormal control
of movement or posture, such as poor coordination or lack of balance.
People with Sensory Processing Disorder have trouble handling and
processing sensory information in their environment, and such deficits lead
to wider developmental and learning problems.
A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive, send,
process, and comprehend verbal or nonverbal concepts such as stuttering.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common
childhood disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood.
Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention,
difficulty controlling behavior, and hyperactivity (over-activity)

Facts
Each year 8,000 infants and nearly 1,500 preschool age
children are diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy.
One in 800 - 1,000 or approximately 4,000 children are
born in the U.S. each year with Down syndrome.
One in every 20 children experience symptoms of
Sensory Processing Disorder that interfere with the
ability to participate in everyday life.
Communication disorders affect one in 10 people in the
U.S.
One in 5 people in the U.S. has a learning disability.
Boys are three times more likely than girls to have

Organizations
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities
Developmental Disabilities Council, Michigan
Developmental Disabilities Service Organization
Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabi
lities
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disa
bilities
National Institute of Art and Disabilities

Books on Developmental Disabilities

@ EMU Library
Chronic illness & disability : principles for nursing practice / edited by Esther Chang, Amanda Johnson. Sydney : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier,
[2014].
3rd Level
RT120.C45 C43 2014
Current issues in developmental disorders / edited by Chloe Marshall. New York, NY : Psychology Press, 2013.
3rd Level
RJ506.D47 C87 2013
Families of children with developmental disabilities : understanding stress and opportunities for growth / David W. Carroll. Washington, D.C. :
American Psychological Association, c2013.
3rd Level
HQ759.913 .C37 2013
The handbook of high-risk challenging behaviors in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities / edited by James K. Luiselli. Baltimore,
Md. : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., c2012.
3rd Level
RJ506.D47 H357 2012
Health promotion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities / edited by Laurence Taggart and Wendy Cousins. McGraw-Hill
Education/Open University Press, 2013.
3rd Level
RA427.8 .H43 2013
Intellectual disabilities and dual diagnosis : an interprofessional clinical guide for healthcare providers / Bruce D. McCreary and Jessica Jones.
Montreal : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
3rd Level
RC570 .M36 2013
The Oxford handbook of intellectual disability and development / edited by Jacob A. Burack ... [et al.]. New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
3rd Level
RC570 .O96 2012

Videos
Lest we forget [electronic resource] : silent voices / a Partners for Community Living
production ; directed, shot and edited by Mark R. Lyons. Boston, MA : Fanlight
Productions, 2007.
A streaming video accessible through the World Wide Web
Step one, community response-ability to people with developmental disabilities : a c
ommunity outreach program
.
ARC Storage
HV1568 .M8x
Self-determination [DVD videorecording] : enabling people to make choices / written by
Greg Monaco, Jim Smith ; directed by Greg Monaco. Cicero, NY : Program Development
Associates, c1992.
ARC Storage
DVD 1716
They don't come with manuals [videorecording] / producer, writer, Paul Uzee. Boston,
MA : Fanlight Productions, 1988.
ARC Storage
VHS 1160

Periodicals
American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities. Washington, DC :
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Magazines and Journals - 2nd Level South
Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Section quarterly / American Occupational
Therapy Association.
Rockville, MD : The Association, c1997Magazines and Journals - 2nd Level South
Library retains latest 5 years of unbound issues
Disability studies quarterly
from 2000 to present in Directory of Open Access Journals
Education and training in developmental disabilities. Arlington, VA : Council for
Exceptional Children, Division on Developmental Disabilities, 2003Magazines and Journals - 2nd Level South
Intellectual and developmental disabilities : publication of the American Association on
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Washington, DC : American Association on
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, [2007]Magazines and Journals - 2nd Level South

Teacher Resources
Activities Recreation & Care
Developmental Disabilities
Disabilities and Special Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Resources
Popular Learning & Developmental Disabilities Resource
s