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.
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
Research news from center members:
Quantifying autistic traits in Down syndrome: an initial investigation of effects of cognitive differences and comparison with a sample at higher familial likelihood for ASD (Links to an external site)
Researchers solve medical mystery of neurological symptoms in kids (Links to an external site)
Epilepsy drug prevents brain tumors in mice with NF1 (Links to an external site)
Our Cores
Our Mission: Tracing genetic and environmental disruptions of human brain and mind development to their origins at the respective levels of cell, synapse, circuit, and behavior.
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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).
A full listing of News can be found here.