Sep 19 2011
The Wall Street Journal: Wave of New Disabilities Swamps School Budgets
For educators, (chronic fatigue syndrome) is merely one of an expanding group of "hidden disabilities" increasingly being diagnosed in children, conditions that are debilitating but often not visible, including fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivities, Crohn's disease and migraines. ... The sharp rise in such diagnoses has strained the special-education resources of school districts, which are legally prohibited from factoring in cost when deciding how to address a student's special needs (Dockster Marcus, 9/16).
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 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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