At low doses, lead exposure is linked to intellectual deficits; at high doses, seizures and death.
When I began working with Muhammad, I came to realise that, despite his speech difficulties, he had no intellectual deficits.
By age two, development stalls, leaving profound intellectual deficits, chronic infections, hyperactivity and an increased likelihood of autistic-like behavior.
Scientists also fear that many infected babies who appear normal now may suffer from intellectual deficits or mental illnesses later in their lives.
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder first described in 1965 by Harry Angelman and is characterized by developmental delay, language impairment, intellectual deficits and oftentimes, seizures1,2.
Those at greatest risk of wandering off were autistic children with severe intellectual deficits and those who do not respond to their names.
This is a study of word decoding in adolescents with Down syndrome and in adolescents with Intellectual Deficits of unknown etiology.
Swimming has 10 classifications for athletes with different physical impairments, plus three more for visual impairments and one for athletes with intellectual deficits.
When the defendant finally came to court, the judge said he had been inclined to impose a 10-year term but "after having a chance to see the defendant and his clear intellectual deficits" he reduced it to eight years.
Some disorders mimic symptoms and/or features of ASD such as intellectual deficits, language problems, tics, feeding problems, sleeping problems, repetitive behaviors, and hyperactivity, and further complexity is added when comorbidity is considered.
Five children with varying intellectual deficits and different primary sleep problems underwent eight continuous weeks of monitoring via sleep diaries, adhering to a double blind, placebo controlled and randomised design.
