klmno
Active Member
For whomever needs it, I'm putting a link to the Federal Register where it specifically says the following on Page 12 where they are discussing why they are specifically listing Tourette's Syndrome in the OHI Class. definition, but not the other disorders listed. Of course, the real problem is that sd's really don't consider Bipolar to be a health impairment and do continue to treat it as a behavioral propblem. Where this really comes into play is at manifestation hearings and issues over school attendance. The sd keeps insisting to me that this Federal Register explanation is negated but I have yet to see anything in writing saying so. If Sheila or Martie or anyone finds something to the contrary, PLEASE let me know because I am telling the sd that if my son's current evaluation confirms that he is BiPolar (BP), I EXPECT the class to change. I know it isn't supposed to matter, but it does in this state.
"We decline to include dysphagia, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), bipolar disorders, and other organic neurological disorders in the definition of other health impairment because these conditions are commonly understood to be health impairments."
http://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/law/FR.v71.n156.pdf
"We decline to include dysphagia, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), bipolar disorders, and other organic neurological disorders in the definition of other health impairment because these conditions are commonly understood to be health impairments."
http://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/law/FR.v71.n156.pdf
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