Eva Horn, assistant professor of special education and a Kennedy Center investigator, will moderate the panel. The forum is sponsored by the Junior League Center for Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities of Children, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and the John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. In a classroom, children with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, sickle cell anemia, asthma, cancer or cystic fibrosis may not be immediately recognizable, according to Barbara Ramsey, coordinator of the Junior League Center for Chronic Illnesses. Special treatments or equipment, activity restrictions, rest periods, and long or frequent absences single these children out from their classmates, she said. We think this coming together of families, educators and physicians to present their special perspectives on the world of a child or teen with chronic illness is valuable.
Audience participation is encouraged.
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