11 Facts About Mental Disabilities

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1. About 5.5 million of U.S. children aged 6-17 have been diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
2. Boys are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than girls.
3. An estimated 12 of every 1,000 U.S. school children have mental retardation, a disorder characterized by a significantly below average score on a test of mental ability and limitations in such areas as self-direction; school, work, and leisure activities; and daily-living, social, and communication skills.
4. About 1 in 5 children have a language-based disability. One is called dyslexia, a learning disability that manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling.
5. Autism affects about two to six in every 1,000 kids, but no one knows what causes it.
6. Kids who have autism usually keep to themselves and some can't communicate without special help.
7. Every six out of 10,000 children have some form of pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), which means they have some but not all symptoms of autism.
8. Over three million Americans (approximately 1%) stutter. An estimated 20% of children go through a phase of stuttering.
9. Stuttering affects four times as many males as females.
10. Anxiety disorders affect about 40 million American adults (about 18%) in a given year. Most developed symptoms as children, but since anxiety disorders are often overlooked or misjudged, they were never treated and consequently carried the disorder into adulthood.
11. If left untreated, children with anxiety disorders are at higher risk to do poorly in school and are more vulnerable to drug and alcohol abuse

11 Facts About Physical Disability

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1. Physical impairment refers to a broad range of disabilities which may be congenital (meaning the person was born with the condition) or a result of injury, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, amputation, heart disease, pulmonary disease or more.
2. One of the major difficulties persons with disabilities face is gaining access to buildings, rooms and other facilities. Handicapped people, for example, must look for ramps, parking places and environments that are generally wheelchair friendly.
3. Some persons may have non-visible disabilities which include pulmonary disease, respiratory disorders, epilepsy and other limiting conditions.
4. Two to three out of every 1,000 children in the U.S. are born deaf or hard-of-hearing. Nine out of every ten who are born deaf are born to parents who can hear.
5. There are an estimated 57,696 legally blind people under the age of 21 in the U.S.
6. Congenital heart disease, a problem with the heart's structure and function due to abnormal heart development before birth, affects nine of every 1,000 children.
7. Less than 200,000 Americans suffer from a leg-weakening nerve disease called hereditary spastic paraplegia, which can rob children of their ability to walk. The average age of having HSP is 24.
8. Cerebral palsy, which permanently affects body movement and muscle coordination, is one of the major causes of childhood paralysis.
9. 500,000 kids in the U.S. are affected by cerebral palsy.
10. Dwarfism, a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4'10" or shorter, affects over 1.5 million people in the U.S.
11. Dwarfs encounter access issues unique to their short-stature, including inability to reach gas pumps, pay phones, and ATM's.