2. “ Other health impairments” means having
limited strength, liveliness, or alertness,
including a heightened alertness to
environmental stimuli, that results in limited
alertness with respect to the educational
environment that is due to chronic or acute
health problems.

3. Individuals with disabilities not
specified under IDEA 1990 may
receive services under Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act

4. SECTION 504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
states that no individual with
handicaps should be excluded from
participation in, be denied benefits
of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any program or activity
receiving federal financial assistance
Some health impairments are…

5. Reversing Failure: Free Tutoring for
Kids with Dyslexia
A non-profit project, the Dyslexia Tutoring Program, offers free one-on-one tutoring for
low-income students who have dyslexia, to help them learn to read even though they
often see alphabet letters and numbers reversed.
http://archives.nbclearn.com/po
rtal/site/k-
12/browse?cuecard=35409
Brian Williams/Lester Holt. "Reversing Failure: Free Tutoring for Kids with Dyslexia." NBC Nightly News. NBCUniversal Media, LLC.
08/01/2008. Accessed Tue Feb 28 2012 from NBC Learn: http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse?cuecard=35409

6. ASTHMA
• Asthma is a disorder that causes the
airways of the lungs to swell and
narrow, leading to wheezing, shortness of
breath, chest tightness, and coughing.
• Asthma is caused by inflammation in the
airways. When an asthma attack
occurs, the muscles surrounding the
airways become tight and the lining of the
air passages swells. This reduces the
amount of air that can pass by.

7. ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY
DISORDER (ADHD) and ATTENTION
DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD)
•ADHD and ADD is a chronic or acute health problem that results
in limited alertness, which adversely affects the child’s
educational performance resulting in the need for special
education and related services.
•The term ADD will be used to encompass both disorders.

8. ADHD

9. DIABETES
• Diabetes is a lifelong (chronic) disease in
which there are high levels of sugar in the
blood.
• People with diabetes have high blood sugar
because their body cannot move sugar into
fat, liver, and muscle cells to be stored for
energy. This is because either their pancreas
does not make enough insulin, their cells do
not respond to insulin normally, or both.

10. HEART CONDITIONS
There are many types of heart
conditions. Each type of heart
disease has different symptoms,
although many heart problems
have similar warning signs. The
symptoms you experience depend
on the type and severity of
your heart condition.

12. RHEUMATIC FEVER
• Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease
that occurs following an infection, such as
streptococcal pharyngitis or scarlet fever.
• It is caused by antibody cross reactivity that
involves heart, joints, skin, and brain. The
illness typically develops two to three weeks
after a streptococcal infection

13. LEAD POISONING
• A medical condition caused by increased levels
of the heavy metal lead in the body. Lead
interferes with a variety of body processes and
is toxic to many organs and tissues including the
heart, bones, intestines, kidneys, and
reproductive and nervous system.
• Lead Poisoning interferes with the development
of the nervous system and is therefore
particularly toxic to children, causing potentially
permanent learning and behavior disorders.

14. LEUKEMIA
A type of cancer of the blood or bone
marrow characterized by an abnormal
increase of immature white blood cells called
"blasts”.

15. NEPHRITIS
• An is inflammation of
the nephrons in the kidneys.
• Nephritis is often caused by
infections, toxins, and auto-
immune diseases. It can be
caused by infection, but is most
commonly caused by
autoimmune disorders that
affect the major organs.

16. SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
• Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down
through families in which red blood cells form
an abnormal crescent shape.
• Almost all patients with sickle cell anemia have
painful episodes , which can last from hours to
days. These crises can affect the bones of the
back, the long bones, and the chest.

18. EPILESPSY
• A common and diverse set of chronic
neurological disorders characterized
by seizures.
• Epileptic seizures result from abnormal,
excessive activity in the brain.