Variation in identifying children and adolescents with disability and developmental disability in population-based public health surveys

• Published in: Disability and health journal Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 101556
• Main Authors: Russell, Lauren A., Tinker, Sarah C., Rice, Catherine E., Ryerson, A. Blythe, Gonzalez, Maria G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2024
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Definition; Developmental Disabilities - epidemiology; Developmental disability; Disability; Disabled Persons; Health Surveys; Humans; Measurement; Measurement purpose; Prevalence; Public Health; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; United States; Disability; Measurement; Definition; Measurement purpose; Developmental disability

The term “developmental disability” (DD) is inconsistently defined and applied depending on purpose and across sources, including in legislation. This project aimed to identify existing definitions of disability and DD and to determine the extent to which each definition could be operationalized to...