When it comes to those with handicaps, there statistics and there are people who live with the disabilities. Both add to the complex and often lonely tapestry that is being handicapped or a caregiver of a handicapped person in America.Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration recently published a troubling new study in the journal Pediatrics entitled “Trends in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in U.S. Children, 1997–2008.” The subtext is the disturbing part – developmental disabilities are increasing in U.S.Data from the study showed developmental disabilities are common: about one in six children in the U.S. had a DD in 2006–2008.