Musculoskeletal Disease
Identifying Functional Deficits in Persons Living with Developmental Disability: Examples with Cerebral Palsy or Spina Bifida
Introduction
Adults with developmental disabilities are becoming more commonplace in society, particularly those who have lived with a disability their entire lives. Survival rates have vastly improved for children with chronic disabilities affecting physical function, such as cerebral palsy (CP)1 and spina bifida (SB).2 Current predictions suggest that many individuals with developmental disabilities will live into adulthood and age much like the general population; however, little is known about the natural history of these disorders over the lifespa...
