Sentences with phrase «cognitive disabilities if»

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Whatever is self - aware or able to value its own life (for example) is designated as a «person,» even if it is an animal, while people lacking these attributes are denigrated as human «non-persons» — an invidious category that includes all of the unborn, as well as (for many bioethics practitioners) infants and those with profound cognitive disabilities.

Earlier this year, pelinks4u.org, an Internet newsletter specializing in physical education topics, told a story about maturity and selflessness in youth sports in rural Washington state: Michael Denny, the wrestling coach at Housel Middle School in Prosser, Wash., asked his counterpart at Morgan Middle School in Ellensburg, John Graf, if he knew of a Morgan wrestler who would agree to an exhibition match against a Housel wrestler with cognitive and physical disabilities.

nPTLS subjects were excluded if history or testing revealed a medical condition that could cause cognitive impairment or confound neuropsychological assessment (e.g., neurological disease, autoimmune disease, unstable thyroid disease, learning disability, substance abuse, B12 deficiency).

If you have accidentally forgot your password / username, then we can send it to you via e-mail: Disability is an impairment that may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or some combination of these.

But if the measure is student growth, and the test being used is a good one (a big if, admittedly), then all kids but those with severe cognitive disabilities should be seen as contenders.

It is possible, however, for evaluators to determine if a child has dyscalculia and learning disabilities in math through general types of diagnostic math assessments, reviews of student work, and cognitive assessments.

The state is to administer math, reading / ELA and science assessments to all students in the state, and these assessments are to be the same assessments for all students except for those with the most severe cognitive disabilities (these students are limited to one percent of all students in the state, but the limit can be waived if necessary — see pages 61 and 65).

The biggest thing is making sure you can qualify for life insurance with SBLI, so lets cover (in general) what SBLI will and won't insure: SBLI Underwriting Uninsurable medical scenarios with SBLI: • Aids / HIV + status • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) • Alzheimer's disease or dementia or significant cognitive impairments related to functionality • Cancer diagnosis within last 2 years • Chronic pain treatment, severe, receiving disability, narcotic use • Cirrhosis of the Liver • Congestive heart Failure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds $ 50K

[3] A person generally is chronically ill if the person (1) is unable to perform at least two activities of daily living, such as eating, using the toilet, bathing oneself, or dressing oneself; (2) requires substantial supervision to protect himself or herself from threats to health and safety due to severe cognitive impairment; or (3) has a level of disability similar to that described in (1) as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Psychoeducational testing can help to identify the particular learning style of a child, and determine if there is a learning disability, cognitive difficulties, or executive functioning problems which impede the learning process.