Orthopedic Impairment (OI)

Contact- Deborah Dominguez-Clark Deborah.Clark@ped.nm.gov or your EA EA/LEA assignments

Orthopedic impairment means a severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes impairments caused by a congenital anomaly, impairments caused by disease (e.g., poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis), and impairments from other causes (e.g., cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures or burns that cause contractures). (34 CFR Sec. 300.8(c)(8))

Resources

Carrie Tingley Hospital

505-272-2111
http://orthopaedics.unm.edu/patients/clinics/pediatrics.html

Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation

505-243-6626
http://carrietingleyhospitalfoundation.org
Send to: Deborah.Clark@ped.nm.gov

Disabled Sports USA

301-217-0960
http://www.dsusa.org/

Easter Seals Foundation

312-726-6200
Toll free: 800-221-6827
http://www.easterseals.com/

Kiwanis Club

317-875-8755 (X411)
Toll free: 800-549-2647 [X411]
http://www.kiwanis.org/

New Mexico Technology Assistance Program (NMTAP)

505-841-4464
Toll free: 877-696-1470
http://www.tap.gcd.state.nm.us/

Shriners of North America

813-281-0300
http://www.shrinershq.org/