Handicapped Children in the Community: Medical Aspects for Educationists

ability Additional Handicaps adult affected appliances areas assessment athetosis baby behaviour disorders birth blind child brain damage cause cerebral palsy Chapter child development centre childhood chromosome class teacher classroom cleft palate clinic condition congenital abnormalities deafness defective sight deformity difficulties disease Down's syndrome drugs epilepsy ESN(M ESN(S examination family doctor fits frequent genetic handicapped child handicapped children health visitor hearing aid hearing loss help the child hemiplegia hospital Hydrocephalus infection inheritance language later learning problems legs level of intelligence London low intelligence mental handicap mentally retarded mother muscles normal children normal class normal school number of children nursery occupational therapist occur ophthalmologist orthoptist paediatrician parents partially sighted physically handicapped physiotherapist play possible pregnancy school doctor school staff severe mental skills spastic spastic diplegia special education special school speech therapist spina bifida subnormal tests therapy treatment understanding usually vision visual walk