Most people treat Down Syndrome as a disease. But Down syndrome is not a disease. It is a chromosomal condition.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. 

The term 'developmental delay' or 'global development delay' is used when a child takes longer to reach certain development milestones than other children their age.

Sensory processing disorder is a condition in which the brain has trouble receiving and responding to information that comes in through the senses.

ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a condition with symptoms such as inattentiveness, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. The symptoms differ from person to person.

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding).

Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affect movement and muscle tone or posture. It's caused by damage that occurs to the immature brain as it develops, most often before birth.

Learning how to write is one of the most important things a child will do when he or she begins school. 

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder in which a person feels the need to perform certain routines repeatedly (called "compulsions"), or has certain thoughts repeatedly (called "obsessions").

A speech disorder is a condition in which a person has problems creating or forming the speech sounds needed to communicate with others.

Stuttering — also called stammering or childhood-onset fluency disorder — is a speech disorder that involves frequent and significant problems with normal fluency and flow of speech. 

People develop voice problems for many reasons. Doctors who specialize in ear, nose and throat disorders and speech-language pathologists are involved in diagnosing and treating voice disorders.

When a child's language development does not follow the normal developmental course for no known reasons specific language impairment (SLI) is diagnosed.

We all have problems swallowing sometimes. We may have trouble chewing a tough piece of meat. We may gag on food or have to swallow hard to get it down.

Aphasia, the loss or impairment of language caused by brain damage, is one of the most devastating cognitive impairments of stroke.

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor-speech system.

Individuals with cleft lip and palate often demonstrate multiple problems such as early feeding difficulties, nutritional issues.