Sentence examples for minor handicap from inspiring English sources
496 patients were survivor: 13 patients with vegetative state, 133 with severe handicap (19.3%), 185 patients with minor handicap (26.7%), and 163 patients with good recovery (23.6%).
For study according to GOS, patients (n = 694) were divided in two groups: favorable GOS for patients having a good recovery or recovery with a minor handicap [GOS class 4 or5] and unfavorable GOS for patients having a severe handicap or vegetative state [GOS class 1or 2] or died [GOS1].
The investigators used a threshold of a score of 2 (minor handicap) versus 3 (moderate handicap) and examined the proportion "dead or dependent" (dead or with a Rankin score of 3 or more).
The Rankin Stroke Scale has five levels: (1) no symptoms; (2) minor handicap – restriction in lifestyle, can look after self; (3) moderate handicap – restriction in lifestyle preventing independent existence; (4) moderately severe handicap – clearly preventing independence, no constant attention needed; and (5) severe handicap – requiring constant attention.
The OHS, which was originally developed for stroke patients, comprises six categories: no symptoms, minor symptoms, minor handicap, moderate handicap, moderately severe handicap, and severe handicap.[ 5] In the MRC CRASH Trial a modified form of the OHS was used in which moderate handicap and moderately severe handicap were combined.
Two percent of the newborns had moderate or minor handicaps.
Categorized scores indicate level of handicap: 1 4 minor, 5 7 moderate, 8 10 severe, 11 13 very severe and > 14 extremely severe.
A handicap was considered minor if it did not seriously interfere with everyday life; and major if it led to a life of dependency or institutionalisation [ 30].
LAST summer, as part of his overhaul of the New York City schools, Chancellor Joel I. Klein reorganized the special education system, which assesses and educates 150,000 children with handicaps ranging from minor learning disabilities to severe retardation.
A substantial part of the (very) preterm/ very) low birth weight infants who survive without major handicaps do develop minor cognitive and neurological impairments and more often need special education facilities [ 2, 16, 25, 27, 35].
