Physical Disabilities and Health Disorders
Physical Disabilities
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- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- A chronic condition that affects muscle coordination and body movement.
- It is a neuromuscular cause by damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth.
- Not curable
- Spastic stiff and very difficult movement
- Ataxic Very
- Poor balance
- Athetoid
- Uncontrolled Movement
- Currently 500,00 in the U.S.
- Usually 1 per 1,000 births
- Causes chronic diseases, insufficient oxygen, premature, birth trauma, fetal infection
- Child’s Movement
- Social and emotional development
- Learning
- Speech
- Hearing
Spina Bifida
- An abnormal opening in the spinal column.
- Spina Bifida Occulta – mild condition; unaware of it; no impact
- Spina Bifida Cystica – a tumor like sac on the outside of the back with nerve tissue and spinal fluid
Causes – genetics, nutrition, medication, temperature, folic acid deficiencies
Educational Interventions:
- Physical Therapists
- Medical Interventionist
- Make sure physical layouts permit students to move effectively
- Involve them in activities and general education classes
- Learn the signs of the malfunctioning of a shunt
Spinal Cord Injury
- An injury when the spinal cord is traumatized
- Usually 11,000 per year in the United States
- Usually occur from a fall, accident, or sports injury.
Muscular Dystrophy
- A group of genetic diseases marked by progressive weakness, degeneration and death of skeletal muscles that control movement.
- A progressive disease that affects muscles of hips, legs, shoulders, arms, and will eventually lose the ability to walk and use arms and hands.
- 1 in every 3,000 males
- Mothers who are carriers transmit 50% of the time to male offspring
Health Disabilities
HIV and AIDS
EVERY DAY IN AMERICA…
Seizure Disorders
Tonic/Clonic Seizures
Sickle Cell Anemia
Causes – Genetics – A child must receive a mutant S-hemoglobin gene from a parent.
Abuse
4 Types of Abuse
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome – a set of symptoms and infections resulting from specific injury to the immune system caused by a virus (HIV) that attacks certain white blood cells within the body, attacks the antibodies in the blood and tissues, as well as having recurrent bacterial infections.
- 65 million affections across the world
- 25 million deaths across the world
- 1,000,000 are currently living with HIV or AIDS
- 9,500 under the age of 13
- 420,000 die each year of AIDS
EVERY DAY IN AMERICA…
- 40,000 people miss school or work because of Asthma •30,000 people have an asthma attack
- 5,000 visit the emergency room
- 1,000 people are admitted to the hospital
- 14 people die
- Swelling and inflammation of the air passages that transport air from the mouth, nose, and lungs.
- Can be life threatening
- 7% of all school-age children
- Common household insects
- Grass pollens
- Mold spores
- Medications
- Air pollution
- Cleaning agents
- Tobacco Smoke
- Chemicals
Seizure Disorders
- A change in sensation, awareness, or behavior brought about by a brief electrical disturbance in the brain.
- 2,000,000 have a seizure disorder
- ½ occur before the age of 10
- Brain tumors
- Head trauma
- Alcoholism
- Infections
- Genetics
- Drugs
- Poisons
Tonic/Clonic Seizures
- The entire brain is affected. Stiffening of the body and then extreme shaking (grand mal)
- Brief lapses of consciousness usually lasting no more than 10 seconds. Eye blinking and mouth twitching is common.
- A disease characterized by inadequate secretion of and use of insulin resulting in a disordered metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
- Type I - Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the body does not produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar (glucose), starches and other food into energy needed for daily life.
- 400 children
- Causes – genetics, heredity
- An autosomal recessive disease characterized by a cluster of symptoms including high levels of electrolytes in the sweat, digestive problems, pancreas problems, cirrhosis of the liver, infertility in males, and accumulation of thick mucus in the lungs accompanied by frequent infections and tissue scaring.
Sickle Cell Anemia
- An inherited disease that has a profound effect on the structure and functioning of red blood cells and may lead to stroke and/or organ damage.
Causes – Genetics – A child must receive a mutant S-hemoglobin gene from a parent.
Abuse
4 Types of Abuse
- Physical Abuse •Sexual Abuse •Neglect •Emotional Abuse
- Physical abuse of children results in mild to serious physical harm or injury to the affected child and sometimes causes death. Parents and caregivers are often aggressive and hostile.
- Kicking
- Beatings
- Choking
- Stabbing
- Burns
- Is the exploitation of a child or youth for sexual gratification by a parent, caretaker, or other individuals.
- Girls are more at risk than boys
- Children with disabilities are 1.75 times more likely to be sexually abused
- The failure of care providers to supply the essential needs of children or youth.
- May be physical like failure to provide shelter, food, or supervision
- May be emotional like nurturing
- May be medical like failure to provide medical care
- May be educational like failing to provide schooling opportunities
- A consistent pattern of behavior that interferes with a child’s emotional development and feelings of worth.
- Behaviors like
- Rejecting
- Terrorizing
- Isolating
- exploiting
Accommodations for this disability/Envirometal resources
- medications kept at school
- rest times through the school day
- a reduction in work load to lessen fatigue
- assistive technology
- ergonomic work stations
- two sets of books (one at school and one at home)
- note takers
- scribe
- trained aides to assist with medical-related needs such as g-tube feedings, toileting, wheelchair transfers, etc.
Technology
For students with any type of physical disability, any form of technology that will make their learning experience more normal and enjoyable as well as effective should be used and it is the duty of the school district to help and provide students with the necessary technology that will help improve the quality of the student's learning as well as life and future.
For students with any type of physical disability, any form of technology that will make their learning experience more normal and enjoyable as well as effective should be used and it is the duty of the school district to help and provide students with the necessary technology that will help improve the quality of the student's learning as well as life and future.