Global developmental delay is a broader term used to describe a condition wherein child usually takes longer time than usual to reach his developmental milestones.

Usually these involves delay in:

• Cognitive functioning: difficulty to think and learn.
• Speech and language: has poor communication.
• Social skills: lack of social interaction.
• Daily activities: difficulty in performing daily activities like eating, bathing etc.
• Motor skills: inability to sit upright, or crawl.
• Lack of emotional development.
• Intellectual disability.