Neurodevelopmental disorders are impairments of the growth and development of the brain and/or central nervous system. A narrower use of the term refers to a ...NeurodevelopmentaldisorderFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchGroupofdisordersthataffectthedevelopmentofthenervoussystemThisarticleneedsmoremedicalreferencesforverificationorreliestooheavilyonprimarysources.Pleasereviewthecontentsofthearticleandaddtheappropriatereferencesifyoucan.Unsourcedorpoorlysourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Neurodevelopmentaldisorder" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November2014)MedicalconditionNeurodevelopmentaldisorderSpecialtyPsychiatry,neurologyNeurodevelopmentaldisordersareagroupofdisordersthataffectthedevelopmentofthenervoussystem,leadingtoabnormalbrainfunctionwhichmayaffectemotion,learningability,self-control,andmemory.Theeffectsofneurodevelopmentaldisorderstendtolastforaperson'slifetime.Contents1Types1.1Currentlybeingresearched2Presentation2.1Consequences3Causes3.1Socialdeprivation3.2Geneticdisorders3.3Immunedysfunction3.4Infectiousdiseases3.5Metabolicdisorders3.6Nutrition3.7Physicaltrauma3.8Placenta4Diagnosis5Seealso6References7Furtherreading8ExternallinksTypes[edit]Neurodevelopmentaldisorders[1]areimpairmentsofthegrowthanddevelopmentofthebrainand/orcentralnervoussystem.Anarroweruseofthetermreferstoadisorderofbrainfunctionthataffectsemotion,learningability,self-controlandmemorywhichunfoldsasanindividualdevelopsandgrows.Theneurodevelopmentaldisorderscurrentlyrecognizedare:Attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder(ADHD)DLD-DevelopmentalLanguageDisorder(formerlyknownasSLI-SpecificLanguageImpairment)DLD(thedldproject.com),RADLDCommunication,speech,orlanguagedisorders,expressivelanguagedisorder,fluencydisorder,social(pragmatic)communicationdisorder,andspeechsounddisorder.autismspectrumdisorder(ASD)Intellectualdisabilities(IDs)orintellectualdevelopmentdisorder(IDD,previouslycalledmentalretardation)andglobaldevelopmentaldelay(GDD)Mo