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Disabilities are limitations in activity and/or functioning that are attributable to permanent medical conditions in physical, mental, emotional, and/or sensory domains and, significantly, are also due to societal responses to those limitations.
Defining Disability
Defining disability is challenging. There is a social/civil rights model, a medical model, and a moral model that professionals and consumers alike use to approach the definition (Bowe, 1978). More on [ Disabilities ]
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National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) - Promotes child development, prevents birth defects and developmental disabilities, and enhances the quality of life for persons with disabilities.
Meta Description: [ The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities promotes child development, prevents birth defects and developmental disabilities, and enhances the quaility of life for persons with disabilities. ]
