Roy P. Martin • Stefan C. Dombrowski

2008

Psychological and Educational
Consequences for Children

Approximately 2 percent to 3 percent of the population of the United States has been diagnosed with severe neurological disabilities (e.g., mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism, chronic severe mental illness). A far greater percentage (10 percent to 20 percent) has less severe disabilities (e.g. learning disabilities, disorders of attention, episodic mental illness).