March 19, 2019

Why Disability Pride?

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019) Facts About Developmental Disabilities https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/developmentaldisabilities/facts.html#ref

2. National Institute on Health. (2010) FACT SHEET - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)

3. American Academy of Pediatrics. June 2011, VOLUME 127 / ISSUE 6. Trends in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in US Children, 1997–2008. Coleen A. Boyle, Sheree Boulet, Laura A. Schieve, Robin A. Cohen, Stephen J. Blumberg, Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, Susanna Visser, Michael D. Kogan

4. Disability Scoop. November 29, 2017. CDC Says Developmental Disabilities Are On The Rise. Heasley, Shaun. Retrieved from https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/11/29/cdc-disabilities-rise/24468/

5. American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV, APA, 2000)

6. American Academy of Pediatrics. (2015) Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SODBP) Retrieved from https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/developmental-disabilities/Pages/Intellectual-Disability.aspx

7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019) Cerebral Palsy (CP) Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/cp/index.html

March 12, 2019

What exactly do we mean by IDD?