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  2. Children with Special Healthcare Needs in the United States

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    Children with Special Healthcare Needs (CSHCN) are defined by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau as: "Those who have one or more chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally" [ 1 ]

  3. Special needs - Wikipedia

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    In the United States "special needs" is a legal term applying in foster care, derived from the language in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. It is a diagnosis used to classify children as needing more services than those children without special needs who are in the foster care system.

  4. Developmental disability - Wikipedia

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    Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions, comprising mental or physical impairments that arise before adulthood. Developmental disabilities cause individuals living with them many difficulties in certain areas of life, especially in "language, mobility, learning, self-help, and independent living". [1]

  5. Disabilities affecting intellectual abilities - Wikipedia

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    There are a variety of disabilities affecting cognitive ability.This is a broad concept encompassing various intellectual or cognitive deficits, including intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation), deficits too mild to properly qualify as intellectual disability, various specific conditions (such as specific learning disability), and problems acquired later in life through ...

  6. Disability - Wikipedia

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    A study in the journal Child Development indicated that minority disabled children are more likely to receive punitive discipline in low and middle income countries. [146] Due to the fact that children with disabilities are mistreated more often than those without disability; racialized children in this category are at an even higher risk.

  7. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Wikipedia

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    An IEP must be designed to meet the unique educational needs of that child in the Least Restrictive Environment appropriate to the needs of that child. When a child qualifies for services, an IEP team is convened to design an education plan. In addition to the child's parents, the IEP team must include at least: [citation needed]

  8. Child harness - Wikipedia

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    A child harness (alternative: child tether, walking harness, British English: walking reins) is a safety device sometimes worn by children when walking with a parent or carer. Child harnesses are most commonly used with toddlers and children of preschool age, though they may also be used with older children, especially if they have special ...

  9. Wheelchair - Wikipedia

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    Wheels are rubber-tired and may be solid, pneumatic or gel-filled. The wheels of folding chairs may be permanently attached, but those for rigid chairs are commonly fitted with quick-release axles activated by depressing a button at the centre of the wheel. All major varieties of wheelchairs can be highly customized for the user's needs.

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