1. Other health impairments means having limited strength, liveliness, or alertness,including a heightened alertness toenvironmental stimuli, that results in limitedalertness with respect to the educational environment that is due to chronic or acute health problems.

2. Individuals with disabilities notspecified under IDEA 1990 mayreceive services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 3. SECTION 504Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Actstates that no individual withhandicaps should be excluded fromparticipation in, be denied benefitsof, or be subjected to discriminationunder any program or activityreceiving federal financial assistance Some health impairments are 4. Reversing Failure: Free Tutoring forKids with DyslexiaA non-profit project, the Dyslexia Tutoring Program, offers free one-on-one tutoring forlow-income students who have dyslexia, to help them learn to read even though theyoften see alphabet letters and numbers reversed.http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse?cuecard=35409 Brian Williams/Lester Holt. "Reversing Failure: Free Tutoring for Kids with Dyslexia." NBC Nightly News. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. 08/01/2008. Accessed Tue Feb 28 2012 from NBC Learn: http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse?cuecard=35409 5. ASTHMA Asthma is a disorder that causes theairways of the lungs to swell andnarrow, leading to wheezing, shortness ofbreath, chest tightness, and coughing. Asthma is caused by inflammation in theairways. When an asthma attackoccurs, the muscles surrounding theairways become tight and the lining of theair passages swells. This reduces theamount of air that can pass by. 6. ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITYDISORDER (ADHD) and ATTENTIONDEFICIT DISORDER (ADD)ADHD and ADD is a chronic or acute health problem that resultsin limited alertness, which adversely affects the childseducational performance resulting in the need for specialeducation and related services.The term ADD will be used to encompass both disorders. 7. ADHD 8. DIABETES Diabetes is a lifelong (chronic) disease inwhich there are high levels of sugar in theblood. People with diabetes have high blood sugarbecause their body cannot move sugar intofat, liver, and muscle cells to be stored forenergy. This is because either their pancreasdoes not make enough insulin, their cells donot respond to insulin normally, or both. 9. HEART CONDITIONS There are many types of heart conditions. Each type of heart disease has different symptoms, although many heart problems have similar warning signs. The symptoms you experience depend on the type and severity of your heart condition. 10. RHEUMATIC FEVER Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory diseasethat occurs following an infection, such asstreptococcal pharyngitis or scarlet fever. It is caused by antibody cross reactivity thatinvolves heart, joints, skin, and brain. Theillness typically develops two to three weeksafter a streptococcal infection 11. LEAD POISONING A medical condition caused by increased levelsof the heavy metal lead in the body. Leadinterferes with a variety of body processes andis toxic to many organs and tissues including theheart, bones, intestines, kidneys, andreproductive and nervous system. Lead Poisoning interferes with the developmentof the nervous system and is thereforeparticularly toxic to children, causing potentiallypermanent learning and behavior disorders. 12. LEUKEMIAA type of cancer of the blood or bonemarrow characterized by an abnormalincrease of immature white blood cells called"blasts. 13. NEPHRITIS An is inflammation ofthe nephrons in the kidneys. Nephritis is often caused byinfections, toxins, and auto-immune diseases. It can becaused by infection, but is mostcommonly caused byautoimmune disorders thataffect the major organs. 14. SICKLE CELL ANEMIA Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed downthrough families in which red blood cells forman abnormal crescent shape. Almost all patients with sickle cell anemia havepainful episodes , which can last from hours todays. These crises can affect the bones of theback, the long bones, and the chest. 15. EPILESPSY A common and diverse set of chronicneurological disorders characterizedby seizures. Epileptic seizures result from abnormal,excessive activity in the brain.