CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX DISABILITIES AND CONDITIONS
T he causes and effects of complex disabilities and conditions: Complex disabilities and conditions (CLDD) include those with co-existing conditions or profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD. Complex disabilities or conditions can be inherited from birth. These are for example cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome and visual impairments. Other disabilities and conditions can be acquired for example traumatic brain injury, emotional disturbance and hearing and sight loss. Others can be by the defects in the functioning of the nervous system like epilepsy autism and learning disability. Learning disability happens when a person's brain development is affected, either before they are born, during their birth or in early childhood. Several factors can affect brain development, including: the mother becoming ill in pregnancy