Schizophrenia WHAT IS IT? Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Approximately 1 percent of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime—more than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness in a given...

Sinusitis You're coughing and sneezing and tired and achy. You think that you might be getting a cold. Later, when the medicines you've been taking to relieve the symptoms of the common cold are not working and you've now got a terrible...

Allergy and Asthma Resources AIR FILTERING DEVICES Environmental Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 (202) 272-0167 http://www.epa.gov/ National Eczema Association for Science and Education...

What is spinal muscular atrophy? Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of hereditary diseases that progressively destroys motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain stem and spinal cord that control essential skeletal muscle activity such as...

Lead Poisoning Too much lead in the body can seriously injure the brain, nervous system, red blood cells, and the kidneys. Higher levels of lead in the body can cause mental retardation, fits (convulsions), falling out (unconsciousness, coma),...

Comprehensive Overview of Speech and Language Impairments Definition Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound...

Comprehensive Overview of Visual Impairments Definition The terms partially sighted, low vision, legally blind, and totally blind are used in the educational context to describe students with visual impairments. They are defined as follows:...

Endocrine and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 1000 Riverside Avenue, Suite 205 Jacksonville, FL 32204 Phone: 904–353–7878 Internet: http://www.aace.com/ Christopher Seymour, M.B.A., Executive Director Purpose: A professional...

Comprehensive Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain caused by the head being hit by something or shaken violently. (The exact definition of TBI, according to special education law, is...

Comprehensive Overview of Intellectual Disability Comprehensive Overview of Intellectual Disability What is Intellectual Disability? Intellectual Disability is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental functioning and in...