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chapter 14
flashcards ch 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| individualized family service plan | a written, legally binding document under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that outlines early intervention services for eligible children from birth to age three who have developmental delays or disabilities |
| congenital anomalies | (defects with which they are born), or they may acquire disabilities have after birth. |
| acute | illness or cor own or with treatment (w. ous or severe, but it resolves either on its recovers. |
| Traumatic brain injury (TBI), | involves brain damage with an identifiable external cause (trauma) after birth |
| episodic | condition occurs repeatedly, although most of the time the individual can function quite normally. |
| progressive | condition is one that becomes more and more serious or severe over time, usually involving more and more complications or deterioration. |
| quadriplegia | all four limbs are involved. |
| paraplegia | only the legs are involved. |
| hemiplegia | one side of the body is involved |
| Spasticity | refers to stiffness or tenseness of muscles and inaccurate voluntary movement. |
| Choreoathetoid | the term applied to abrupt, involuntary movements and difficulty maintaining balance. |
| Atonic | refers to floppiness or lack of muscle tone. |
| seizure | when an abnormal discharge of electrical energy occurs in certain brain cells.The discharge spreads to nearby cells, and the effect may be loss of consciousness, involuntary movements, or abnormal sensory phenomena. |
| epilepsy | has a chronic neurological condition and has recurrent seizures |
| Spina bifida | is a congenital midline defect that results from failure of the bony spinal column to close completely during fetal development. |
| neural tube defect | a malformation of the spine, spinal cord, or brain. The defect may occur anywhere from the head to the lower end of the spine. |
| catheterization. | Lack of bowel and bladder control |
| Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) | an autoimmune disorder occurring before 16 years of age in which the muscles and joints are affected; the cause and cure are unknown |
| Asthma | an increasingly common lung disease characterized by episodic inflammation or obstruction of the air passages such that the person has difficulty in breathing. |
| Cystic fibrosis | the most common autosomal recessive disease that leads to death |
| acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AlDS) | often acquire neuro. logical problems, including intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, seizures, and emotional or behavioral disorders. |
| Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders | result in disabilities acquired by children of mothers who abuse alcohol during pregnancy. The abuse of other substances by mothers also has negative implications for their children. |
| phenylketonuria | now understood to be an inborn metabolic disorder that, untreated with a special diet. generally thought of as a problem associated with intellectual disabil-ity, but it is also an issue involving other disabilities as well. |
| neurotoxins | which can cause any of the disabilities associated with brain damage, including intellectual disability. |
| prosthesis | is an artificial replacement for a missing body part |
| orthosis | a device that enhances the partial functioning of a part of a person's body |
| Adaptive devices | for daily living include a variety of adaptations of ordinary items found in the home, office, or school. |
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