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Name 4 common physical disabilities in schools
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When do physical disabilities most frequently occurs?
- at birth
- shortly thereafter
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What are 3 common developmental disabilities found in schools?
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What characterizes a developmental disability?
syndrome/disease that affects the rate of growth and development
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What are 4 common acquired disabilities found in schools?
- AIDS
- MS
- TBI
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Alzheimer's disease
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What are aquired disabilities?
- can occur at any time in life
- not connected to gender or ethnicity
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What is aphasia?
- partial or complete loss of ability to speak or understand spoken language
- results from an injury
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ataxia
- problems with coordination
- parts of the nervous system control movement and balance are affected.
- affect the fingers, hands, arms, legs, body, speech, and eye movements.
The word ataxia is often used to describe a symptom of incoordination which can be associated with infections, injuries, other diseases, or degenerative changes in the central nervous system.
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What is aspiration?
withdrawing material from the body by suctioning
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What is abduction?
movement of limbs from the midline of the body
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What does congenital mean?
at birth
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