Developmental Disability Services and Medicaid Waiver Programs
What Are Intellectual And Developmental Disability (IDD/ DD) Services ?
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.