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chapter 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cogneital anomalies | defects born with |
| acute | very serious illness or condidtion |
| chronic | ongoing condition |
| episodic | repreated condition |
| progressive | gets worse over time |
| traumatic brain injury | brain damage after birth |
| cerebral palsy (cb) | not a disease, no remissions |
| quadriplegia | all four limbse |
| paralegia | only legs |
| hemiplegia | only one side of body |
| spasticity | stiffness or tense muscles with involentary movement |
| choreoathetoid | abrupt involentary movement difficult maintaing balance |
| a tonic | floppiness or lack of muscle tone |
| seizure | abnoraml discharge of electrical energy occurs in brain cells |
| epilespy | chronic neurological condition and has recurrent seizures |
| executive function | ability to regulate ones behvaior |
| adaptive behavior | social and practical intellegince ise in people everyday life |
| spinia bifida | congenital midline defect that results in defects in cleft palate |
| neural tube defects | malformation of the spine |
| catheterization | insert of a tube into the body to extract fluid |
| muscular dystrophy | weakness in the body, hereditary disorder |
| asthma | common lung disease |
| juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (jra) | autoimmune disorder occuring beofre 16 that affects the muscles and joints |
| cysticfibrosis (cf) | autosomal recessive disease |
| acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | neurological problems, and other physical and mental problems |
| fetal alcohol spectrum disorders | disabilites resulting from mother |
| phenylketonuria (PKU) | inborn metobolic disorder |
| neurotoxins | can cuase any disabilites with brain damage |
| prosthesis | artificaial body replacement |
| orthosis | device to assit someone in doing something |
| adaptive devices | variety of adaptaiosn to assist in daily life |
| individualized family service plan (ifsp) | not an iep |