Other health impairment means having limited strength, vitality or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment, that is due to chronic or acute health problems. This includes, but is not limited to, asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette syndrome, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, and acquired brain injury.

A student is eligible if the student has a health impairment which results in reduced efficiency in school work because of temporary or chronic lack of strength, vitality or alertness.

A severe skeletal, muscular, or neuromuscular impairment which adversely affects a child’s educational performance, and includes impairments resulting from congenital anomaly, disease and other causes ( e.g. cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures or burns that cause contractures).

A student is eligible if the student has an orthopedic impairment which significantly limits the student’s ability to move about, sit to manipulate the material required for learning or if it affects ambulation, posture or body use necessary in school work.

A traumatic brain injury means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects educational performance. The term applies to mild, moderate, or severe, open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one (1) or more areas such as cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem-solving, sensory, perceptual and motor abilities, psychosocial behavior, physical functions, information processing, or speech. The term includes open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more of the following areas: The term includes anoxia due to trauma. The term does not include brain injuries that are congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma.

A student is eligible if the student has acquired an external injury to the brain as documented by a medical report; AND has significant difficulty requiring an adaption to the school routine, school environment, or curriculum in one of the following areas: cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem-solving, sensory, perceptual and motor abilities, psychosocial behavior, physical functions, information processing, or speech.