Today, according to an estimate from the World Health Organisation and World Bank, there are more than a billion people who live with some form of disability. This amount is about 15% of the world population. This is quite a large amount of people who may lead difficult lives because of their disabilities. Personally, I feel that it would not be fair if we don’t try our best to help these people live the lives they could live. I chose this topic because I have always been close to children and also this is something I will encounter in the future since I would like to be a paediatrician. I will be focusing on developmental delays since I feel they are the most common in children.

Developmental delays are very common issues seen prominently in young children, around the ages of three to five, around the world. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, about 15% of children of the ages three to seventeen years, have one or more developmental disability. These include: ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Loss, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disability, Vision Impairment, and delays of motor skills, speech and language skills, and several more. According to the University of Michigan Health System, a developmental delay is when a child does not reach their developmental milestones at the expected. Additionally, the University says that it is an ongoing major or minor delay in the process of development. Based on this knowledge, …show more content…
Early intervention can be seen as a system of services that helps children with developmental delays and disabilities. In early intervention, children learn the basic skills that usually develop in the first couple of years of life. These skills are categorised as follows; physical, cognitive, communication, social and emotional, and self-help. This would include skills such as walking, talking, and