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CDC Finds Developmental Disabilities More Common In Rural Areas

Posted on February 21, 2020

Originally published February 21, 2020 by Disability Scoop
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A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report indicates children living in rural areas are more likely to have developmental disabilities. The CDC also found that, compared to their peers living in cities, children with developmental disabilities in rural areas are less likely to receive special education or early intervention services, less likely to have seen a mental health professional and less likely to have had a checkup visit in the past year.

Read the full story from Disability Scoop here.

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This entry was posted in News, Outside CDS and tagged children, children with disabilities, early intervention services, mental health, rural, special education.

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