developmental disability

English

Noun

developmental disability (plural developmental disabilities)

1. Any life-long disability attributable to mental and/or physical impairments, manifested during childhood or later in the human development age (variously given as being before age 16, 18, or 21).
2. (euphemistic) Mental retardation.

Synonyms

• learning disability
• intellectual disability
• cognitive disability

Translations

disability

• Finnish: kehitysvamma (fi)
• Icelandic: þroskahömlun f
• Serbo-Croatian: сметња у раѕвоју