The IDDRC at WashU, along with collaborator St. Louis Children’s Hospital, is a member of a network of 15 Intellectual and Developmental Disability Research Centers (IDDRC’s) funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development through an act of Congress in 1963. These centers are located in some of the nation’s top universities and children’s hospitals and are committed to advancing knowledge, prevention, and treatment of intellectual and developmental disability.
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Developmental disabilities can affect individuals across all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Recent estimates in the United States indicate that approximately 1 in 6 children, or around 17%, aged 3 to 17 years, have one or more developmental disabilities
The WashU IDDRC, one of just 15 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers nationwide, is affiliated with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD).