Developmental Disability Services and Medicaid Waiver Programs
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities can be challenged with language, mobility, learning and independent living.
Developmental Disability (DD) services helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities such as:
- Autism spectrum disorders, a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges.
- Cerebral palsy, a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and to maintain balance and posture.
- Developmental delay, a delay in reaching key developmental milestones, such as talking, crawling, walking or rolling.
- Down syndrome, a condition in which a baby is born with an extra chromosome.
- Other genetic disorders, includes all conditions which cause developmental or intellectual disability.
- Intellectual disability, a disorder characterized by limits to a person’s ability to learn as expected.