Contact- Deborah Dominguez-Clark Deborah.Clark@ped.nm.gov or your EA EA/LEA assignments
Orthopedic impairment means a severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes impairments caused by a congenital anomaly, impairments caused by disease (e.g., poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis), and impairments from other causes (e.g., cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures or burns that cause contractures). (34 CFR Sec. 300.8(c)(8))
Resources
Carrie Tingley Hospital
505-272-2111
http://orthopaedics.unm.edu/patients/clinics/pediatrics.html
Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation
505-243-6626
http://carrietingleyhospitalfoundation.orgSend to: Deborah.Clark@ped.nm.gov
Disabled Sports USA
301-217-0960
http://www.dsusa.org/
Easter Seals Foundation
312-726-6200
Toll free: 800-221-6827
http://www.easterseals.com/
Kiwanis Club
317-875-8755 (X411)
Toll free: 800-549-2647 [X411]
http://www.kiwanis.org/
New Mexico Technology Assistance Program (NMTAP)
505-841-4464
Toll free: 877-696-1470
http://www.tap.gcd.state.nm.us/
Shriners of North America
813-281-0300
http://www.shrinershq.org/