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Developmental disorders (including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, and intellectual disability) are neurologically based conditions that can interfere with the acquisition, retention, or application of specific skills or sets of information. They may involve dysfunction in attention, memory, perception, language, problem-solving, or social interaction.

Last full review/revision February 2009 by Stephen Brian Sulkes, MD

Content last modified February 2009

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