NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS – typically diagnosed during infancy, childhood, or adolescence. These include: 

Intellectual Disability – characterized by limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviors.

Communication Disorders – impact the ability to use, understand, or detect language and speech. 

Autism Spectrum Disorder – characterized by persistent deficits in social interaction and communication in multiple life areas as well as restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviors. 

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – characterized by a persistent pattern of hyperactivity-impulsivity and/or inattention that interferes with functioning and presents itself in two or more settings such as at home, work, school, and social situations.