Table 1.

Numbers (and percentages) of children with different types of disabilities (N = 119)

Type of disability	No. of children (%)
1. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)	9	(7.6)
2. Cerebral palsy (CP)	24	(20.2)
3. Developmental delay (DD) with a syndrome/condition other than ASD or CPa	27	(22.7)
4. DD only	14	(11.8)
5. Visionb	9	(7.6)
6. Speech output onlyc	4	(3.4)
7. Various syndromes (not entailing DD)d	19	(16.0)
8. Medicale	13	(10.9)
Total	119

^aThis category included five participants whose caregivers did not specify DD but whose syndromes entailed DD; namely, Down syndrome (n = 1), CHARGE syndrome (n = 1), and Cornelia de Lange (n = 3).

^bThis category did not include 26 children with a visual disability who also had CP (n = 10), DD (n = 14), or another syndrome (not entailing DD; n = 2). Those children were included in categories 2, 3, and 7 as appropriate.

^cThis category included Oromotor/oral dyspraxia (n = 2), speech disorder (n = 1), and stuttering (n = 1).

^dThis category included Treacher-Collins syndrome (n = 4), Waardenburg syndrome(n = 3), bronchio-oto-renal (n = 2) syndrome, Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia, Pendred’s syndrome, Goldenhar’s syndrome, Stickler syndrome, proximal symphalangism, glycogen storage disorder, sensory overload, long QT syndrome, translocation of chromosomes 2 and 6, and an unspecified genetic disorder (n = 1 each).

^eThis category included disorders of the brain (microcephaly), heart, kidneys, thyroid, bones, muscles, and nervous system.