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Volume 8 Issue 2 February, 2018
❌ Person with developmental disability cannot learn
✅ They constantly learn although at a slower rate
❌ Those with developmental disability are not employable
✅ They can perform wide variety of jobs/tasks when given a chance
❌ Developmental disability is a contagious disease
✅ It is not, it is due to damage to developing nervous system
❌ Developmental disease can’t be prevented
✅ Can be prevented in some cases with good ANC and PNC care
❌ Individual with developmental disability can’t live independently
✅ They are capable of living in community with little or no support
Dr. Namrata Srinivasan, Intern, MVJMC&RH, Hoskote, Bengaluru
