Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. Between 2001 and 2011, the percentage of children with disabilities rose 16 percent. The study, “Changing Trends of Childhood Disability, 2001–2011” appearing in the September 2014 issue of Pediatrics (published online Aug. 18) found that while there has been a decline in physical disabilities, there was a large increase in disabilities classified as neurodevelopmental or mental health in nature.
