Intellectual disability can be predicted in early childhood, but usually not given as a diagnosis until after age five when a child doesn’t meet the expected developmental milestones.
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Developmental delays refer to when developmental skills are at a lower level than expected for a child’s age, such as language, motor, cognition, or play.