Aging and developmental disability

This article addresses the challenges faced by individuals with a developmental disability as they age. As this group ages, many face unpleasant experiences including poverty, isolation, abuse, and at best adequate, but more commonly poor medical care. Due to biomechanical overuse, compounded by an...

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Published inPhysical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America Vol. 21; no. 2; p. 419
Main Authors Strax, Thomas E, Luciano, Lisa, Dunn, Anna Maria, Quevedo, Jonathan P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.2010
Subjects
Activities of Daily Living
Adaptation, Physiological
Adult
Aged
Aging - physiology
Cerebral Palsy - diagnosis
Cerebral Palsy - mortality
Cerebral Palsy - rehabilitation
Developmental Disabilities - diagnosis
Developmental Disabilities - mortality
Developmental Disabilities - rehabilitation
Disability Evaluation
Disabled Persons - rehabilitation
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Physical Therapy Modalities - standards
Physical Therapy Modalities - trends
Quality of Life
Self-Help Devices
Severity of Illness Index
Sickness Impact Profile
Survival Analysis
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Summary:This article addresses the challenges faced by individuals with a developmental disability as they age. As this group ages, many face unpleasant experiences including poverty, isolation, abuse, and at best adequate, but more commonly poor medical care. Due to biomechanical overuse, compounded by an injured nervous system, physiologic aging is accelerated. These patients experience in their 40s and 50s physical changes that able-bodied individuals experience over the age of 70. Often these patients see the least experienced members of the health care team, leading to misdiagnosis and further comorbidity.
ISSN:1558-1381
DOI:10.1016/j.pmr.2009.12.009