Contact- Deborah Dominguez-Clark Deborah.Clark@ped.nm.gov or your EA EA/LEA assignments
Other health impairment (OHI) means having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment, that is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, and Tourette Syndrome; and adversely affects the child’s educational performance. (34 CFR Sec. 300.8(c)(9))
Resources
Access Unlimited
http://www.accessunlimited.com/
American Burn Association (ABA)
http://www.ameriburn.org/
American Cancer Society (ACS)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
http://www.aafa.org/
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA)
http://www.alsa.org/
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
http://www.chadd.org/
Epilepsy Foundation of America
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/
Lupus Foundation of America
http://www.lupus.org/
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (MSF)
http://msfocus.org/
Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
www.mda.org
National Hemophilia Foundation
http://www.hemophilia.org/NHFWeb/MainPgs/MainNHF
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
http://rarediseases.org/
National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA)
http://www.spinalcord.org/
Tourette Association of America
https://tourette.org/