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Pervasive Developmental Disorder (1064 words) |
 | To summarize briefly, PDD is a generic term referring to a group of disorders that share certain essential features: qualitative impairments in reciprocal social interaction, qualitative impairments in both verbal and nonverbal communication and a restrictive stereotypic pattern of behaviours. |
| There are a variety of disorders that fall under this category, the most well known of which is autism. |
| The third type of atypical pervasive developmental disorder not only has fewer symptoms than autism but also demonstrates a different pattern of symptoms; i.e., they typically lack certain features that are very characteristic of autistic children. |
| Developmental Disorders Introduction (614 words) |
| Developmental defects have sometimes been defined as those defects induced by some agent acting in the embryonic period. |
| Developmental disorders are public and social problems of large proportions. |
| All of the disease categories are associated with the etiology of developmental disorders; however, the etiology is actually unknown in 80-90% of cases. |
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