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What is the diagnosis or diagnoses that your resource addresses?

Describe in lay terms the nature of the condition or difference

Whats an analogy to help lay people understand the condition

One model that you might chose to discuss the particular difference is as follows:

a. Impairment: i.e., a loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological and anatomical structure/function?

b. Disability: i.e., a condition in the person that requires accommodation in order to perform certain activities

c. Handicap: Disadvantage in society that limits the performance of a role or function that a typical person could do; for instance, taking a bus ride, accessing a second floor classroom, taking timed examinations, dealing with groups of people, calculati

What are some of the treatment options for the differences?

What type of professionals provide the threatments? i.e. doctors, occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech therapist, psychologist?

What are the traditional therapy: What is the treatment for the disease?

Are there alternative therapies? (i.e. holistic care, acupuncture, osteopathy)

Organizations: What is the name of the organization?

Organizations: What types of disabilities or medical conditions does the organization serve?

Organizations: Please provide a description of the organization

Organizations: What (if any) are the services/activities you provide?

Advocacy/Accommodations: How does one make the individual successful?

Advocacy/Accommodations: a. If relevant, you may want to describe federal, state/city laws, resources, accommodations and/or programs that may be relevant to people with differences.

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