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Developmental Delay
Occupational Therapy · Neurological
Moderate
Severity
Common — developmental delays are identified in a significant minority of children during routine screening
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Occupational Therapy
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Developmental delay can result from genetic conditions such as chromosomal abnormalities
- 2complications during pregnancy or birth such as prematurity or oxygen deprivation
- 3exposure to toxins or infections during pregnancy
- 4and postnatal factors such as severe illness
- 5malnutrition
- 6or lack of environmental stimulation. In many cases
- 7no single identifiable cause is found despite thorough evaluation. Certain risk factors
- 8including low birth weight
- 9family history of developmental disorders
- 10and limited access to early childhood stimulation
- 11increase the likelihood of delay.
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