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Sinusiitis
You're coughing and sneezing and tired and achy. You think that you might be getting a cold. Later, when the medicines you've been taking to...
Alexander Disease NASET – National Association of Special Education Teachers
Alexander disease is a rare, genetically determined degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It is one of a group of disorders known as the...
Alpers Disease – National Association of Special Education Teachers
Alpers disease is a rare, genetically determined disease of the brain that causes progressive degeneration of grey matter in the cerebrum. The first sign of...
Angelman Syndrome – National Association of Special Education Teachers
Angelman syndrome is a chromosomal (gene-linked) disease that causes neurological problems. The physician Harold Angelman first identified the syndrome in 1965, when he described several...
Arthritis
There are over 100 forms of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. These diseases may cause pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints and other supporting structures...
Asthma in Child Asthma Medication for Child – National Association of Special Education Teachers
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways, which are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have...
Autoimmune Diseases
The word "auto" is the Greek word for self. The immune system is a complicated network of cells and cell components (called molecules) that normally...
Blood Disorder Anemia Blood Loss Aplastic Anemia Symptom NASET
Blood loss can also cause anemia - whether it's because of excessive bleeding due to injury, surgery, or a problem with the blood's clotting mechanism....
Childhood Cancers
Cancer is a group of many related diseases that begin in cells, the body's basic unit of life. To understand cancer, it is helpful to...
Definition of Etiology Autism Etiology – National Association of Special Education Teachers
The etiology of specific health impairments varies. Most result from infections, genetic factors, environmental influences, prenatal influences, perinatal influences, and postnatal influences. Back to Disability...
Characteristics
According to the Starbright Foundation (2002; cited in Turnball et al., 2004), there are numerous complex challenges facing children with health impairments. Common issues are:...
Congenital Heart Diseases – Amercian Academy of Special Education Professionals
Congenital heart diseases are abnormalities of the heart's structure and function caused by abnormal or disordered heart development before birth. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is...
Cultural Features
Although European Americans are proportionately underrepresented among students with disabilities, their highest representation is in the “Other Health Impairments” category. Back to Disability Resource Page...
Diabetes in Child – Diabetes American Academy of Special Education Professionals – AASEP
Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism--the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down...
Educational Issues
One of the main considerations is the use of the team approach in developing and carrying out a child's educational program. The team generally includes...
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome The problems present in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a group of approximately 10 disorders, include changes in the physical properties of skin, joints, blood...
Endocrine – Metabolic Diseases
Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (GH). It most commonly affects middle-aged adults and can result...
Endrochine and Metabolic Diseases Organizations
1000 Riverside Avenue, Suite 205 Jacksonville, FL 32204 Phone: 904–353–7878 Internet: https://www.aace.com/ Christopher Seymour, M.B.A., Executive Director Purpose: A professional medical organization of physicians with...
Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa NASET
The characteristic feature of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is blistering in the skin. Some forms of the disease may involve the gastrointestinal tract, the pulmonary system,...
Child Epilepsy Treatment Symptom juvenile mycological epilepsy information on epilepsy NASET
Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally. In epilepsy, the normal pattern of...