The Nation's Handicapped Children

The Community Impact of Handicaps of Prenatal or Natal Origin

“…Those responsible for planning the care of handicapped children have to depend in large part on the results of community surveys, achievement tests, medical examinations in schools, and admissions to special schools and institutions in estimating probable caseloads of various categories of handicapping. Further¬ more, there is limited appreciation on the part of the medical profession and the public of the nature and extent to which birth defects con¬ tribute to crippling (10). Having consider¬ able data on the type and duration of care actu¬ ally received or planned for children in our series during the 2 years' observation, we undertook to classify them so as to throw light on this aspect.…”

“…IQ 16, congenital deafness, epilepsy_9. IQ 16, cerebral palsy, abnormal palate, lipoma_10. IQ 17, cerebral hypoplasia, congenital deafness, congenital visual defect_ 11.…”

The education of children with chronic medical problems.

“…Since educational planning and curriculum development are dependent, in large measure, upon the child's medical status and prescribed treatment, this chapter is organized around four major educational settings which afford many similar experiences for children: instruction (1) in the hospital, (2) in the child's home, (3) in a special classroom or school, and (4) in a regular classroom.…”

A Better Chance for the Handicapped Child

“…The advantages of using the combined treatment are that the corticotropin (1) enhances the effect of the Aminopterin, (2) increases the chance of complete re¬ mission, (3) reduces toxic reactions to the Aminopterin, (4) decreases tendency to bleed, and (5) produces myelo stimulation when bone marrow aplasia has been induced by Aminopterin. Maintenance doses of both drugs should be given during remissions.…”