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Acronyms
Accommodations
Physical Disabilities
Facts
100
IEP
What is individualized education plan
100
May help a student balance books, papers, and classroom supplies.
What is a larger desk
100
The removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery.
What is amputation
100
Which body system does physical disabilities affect?
What is the skeletal system
200
IDEA
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
200
Having another student take notes for the student with the disability.
What is the buddy system
200
Painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
What is arthritis
200
1.8 million Americans are living with this type of physical disability.
What is amputation
300
LRE
What is least restrictive environment
300
Isolation can be prevented by this.
What is communication
300
Affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance.
What is cerebral palsy
300
Students with physical disabilities spend over ____% of the day in a general education classroom.
What is 80%
400
PT
What is physical therapy
400
Students in wheel chairs can benefit from this
What is a lowered white/blackboard
400
Debilitating disease in which your body's immune system eats away at the protective sheath (myelin) that covers your nerves.
What is multiple sclerosis
400
Leading cause of spinal cord injuries after birth
What are motor vehicle accidents
500
OI
Orthopedic impairment
500
This type of therapist can help assist students with physical disabilities in the classroom.
What is an occupational therapist
500
Literally means “split spine"
What is spina bifida
500
1 in 26 people in the US will develop this physical disability at some point in their lifetime.
What is epilepsy