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Developmental milestones are things most children can do by a certain age Child ren reach milestones in how they play learn speak behave and move like crawling walking or jumping In the first year babies learn to focus their vision reach out explore. Children who feel good about themselves are more able to resist negative peer pressure and make better choices for themselves This is an important time for children to gain a sense of responsibility along with their growing independence Also physica Developmental milestones are things most children can do by a certain age Children re ach milestones in how they play learn speak behave and move like crawling walking or jumping As children grow into early childhood their world will begin to open u FACTS. About 150,000 babies are born each year with birth defects. . The parents of one out of every 28 babies are told that their baby has a birth defect. There are over 4,000 known birth defects. Birth defects are the leading cause of death in the first year of life.. Division of Human Development and Disability -A Overweight and Obesity Among People with DisabilitiesThe importance of overweight and obesity related to people with disabilities is a particular probl Lefhoko Kesamang . Senior Social Welfare Officer. African Union Commission . What is African Union?. From a liberation organization to spear-heading Africa’s development and integration . inter alia, to accelerating the process of integration in the continent    to enable it play its rightful role in the global economy while addressing    multifaceted social, economic and political problems compounded as they are    by certain negative aspects of globalisation.. #. WorldBDDay. On. 3 March 2016. , . an international group of outstanding organizations will mark the second annual World Birth Defects Day.. Mary . Cassat. :. Mother. and son (1900). The Situation. Birth Place Married Place Death Place Birth Place Death Place Birth Death Birth Place Married Place Death Place Birth Place Married Place Death Place Birth Place Death Place Birth Birth Birth Place De R. E. C. Elizabeth . Richardson . Center. History of. Developmental Disabilities in. Society. Since Ancient times – society has not been kind to people who were “different” in any way.. Any physical difference, in the form of a different ethnicity or a disability, was seen as a mark of inferiority.. Willa Mack, FACS. Physical Development: Infants. BIRTH TO SIX MONTHS. - . At birth, infants cannot control their body movements. Most of their movements are reflexes. Their nervous system is not fully developed.. BIRTH DEFECTS IN TEXAS AND BEYOND: UPDATE Mark Canfield, Ph.D., Manager Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services 1 The authors of this research have no financial or other interests which pose a conflict of interest. Birth defects are commonEvery four and a half minutes a baby is born with a birth defect in the United StatesStates each year That translates into about 120000 babiesBirth defects are costlyEach year Why a Movement? Started in 2015, World Birth Defects Day (WBDD), observed on March 3 each year, unites people and organizations working in the field of b irth defects , also known as congenital ano Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Understanding Congenital Heart Defects Congenital heart defects are conditions present at birth that aect the structure and function of t Infant Development Association . Membership Outreach and Belonging Co-Chair. Why and how were the milestones changed?. New child development research over the past 18 years . Improve the evidence base for milestones .