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Chapter 12: Physical Disabilities
What is cerebral palsy?	What are the four types of cerebral palsy?	What is the topographical classification system of cerebral palsy?
What causes cerebral palsy?	What other conditions are associated with cerebral palsy?	What is Spina Bifida?
What are the three types of Spina Bifida?	What causes Spina Bifida?	What other conditions are associated with spina bifida?
What is Muscular Dystrophy?	What causes Spinal Muscular Atrophy?	What other conditions are associated with Spinal Muscular Atrophy?
Chapter Eleven-Other Health Impairments
How does IDEA define Other Health Impairments?	What is sickle cell disease?	What is Epilepsy?
Types of: Generalized Seizures: Partial Seizures:	What is asthma? What is happening during an asthma attack?	How many children with asthma might you expect to have in your classroom? Basic preventions/treatments:
What are the most common types of cancer for children?	How might cancer affect learning?	What type of diabetes is most common in children? When is it typically diagnosed? What serious medical conditions could occur in classrooms?

Your group has been assigned one of the physical or health disabilities found in the preceding chart. Your group will develop a short presentation or lead a discussion about the illness/disability. Your presentation should introduce the illness/disability, ensuring that all members of the class gain a general understanding of it. You then should personalize the illness/disability by discussing how the illness/disability might affect a school age child and his/her family. Include some ideas of how the school could support the student and family.