Conditions occurring all the time, typically changing little, and currently have no known cure.
What is chronic disorders?
100
Students who possess this metabolic disorder may encounter particular difficulty following diagnosis, since they have to change their eating habits, be embarrassed or upset by the diagnosis, find a time and place to monitor their blood sugar levels, and face teasing from peers.
What is diabetes?
100
Frustrated either by pain they are experiencing or by their inability to communicate effectively, students may act aggressively in order to try and express themselves. Teachers must thus pay very close attention to the underlying causes of this characteristic.
What is a behavioral characteristic of an individual with a physical or health disability?
100
Arm, leg, and trunk affected on same side of the body.
What is Hemiplegia?
100
Defined as "paralysis of the brain", this neurological disorder is a group of conditions involving muscle control, posture, and movement that is not progressive. The child's brain is unable to consistently tell his muscles what to do.
What is cerebral palsy?
200
Conditions that get worse over time and may lead to death.
What is a progressive disorder?
200
This disorder affects the part of the red blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the other parts of the body. Educators must help students with this condition to avoid extreme heat and cold, drink enough fluids, and use relaxation strategies to help avoid or cope with pain.
What is sickle cell disease?
200
This characteristic of students with physical and health disabilities indicates a need for relationships. As teachers we must facilitate positive interactions among students with health and physical disabilities and their peers.
What are social characteristics of students with physical and health disabilities?
200
Both legs and lower trunk affected.
What is Paraplegia?
200
Occurs when there is a break, severe bruise, or other damage to the spinal cord affects motor and sensory functions. With this condition, the brain cannot communicate with the body, and the result is paralysis.
What is a spinal cord injury?
300
Conditions which occur with intensity but at times are dormant.
What is an episodic disorder?
300
A lung disease that causes episodes of extreme difficulty in breathing. Only students with a severe form of this condition are likely to be entitled to special education services.
What is asthma?
300
This characteristic of students with physical and health disabilities often includes low self-esteem, anger, rejection of support offered, and poor images of themselves as valuable people.
What are emotional characteristics?
300
Only one limb affected.
What is Monoplegia?
300
A congenital disorder, the bones of the spinal column are not closed properly in children with this condition.
What is spina bifida?
400
Conditions which are serious but can be treated and possibly cured.
What is an acute disorder?
400
A neurological condition in which damage to the brain leads to periodic sudden, uncontrolled bursts of electrical activity known as seizures. This condition is also comorbid with other disorders (for example, half of children with cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability also have this disorder)
What is epilepsy?
400
These characteristics show us that students with physical and health disabilities can range from extraordinary giftedness and special talents to significant intellectual disability.
What are cognitive and academic characteristics?
400
Formerly called quadriplegia, all four limbs and trunk affected.
What is Tetraplegia?
400
Characterized by an inflammation of the joints and exists in more than one hundred forms...students with this disorder may limp in the morning, sometimes have limited mobility, and may develop eye inflammations.
What is juvenile rheumatoid arthritis?
500
These two terms pertain to the cause of physical or health disorders. One term identifies a cause as being present from birth, due to a variety of circumstances during pregnancy. The other term identifies a cause as occurring shortly after birth. (name both terms)
What is congenital and acquired?
500
Even though today this condition has a survival rate of 79% among children it affects, due to its lasting effects it may cause learning, intellectual, behavior and emotional disabilities. The treatment it entails may also lead to problems in cognitive functioning.
What is cancer?
500
No single statement can be made about these characteristics except to mention that this domain is the one that is probably the basis for special education eligibility. Given this, professionals should learn as much as they can about each student's conditions, risks, and needs.
What are physical and medical characteristics?
500
Both arms or both arms are involved.
What is Diplegia?
500
A musculoskeletal disorder, this condition's symptoms usually first appear in children as toddlers. They seem awkward and walk later than their peers, and by their elementary years their muscles begin to deteriorate. This disorder also only occurs in boys.