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Here you will find answers from Dawn, Suzanne, and David.
1. How recent does a medical diagnosis for any specified qualifying condition have to be? Medical documentation should be within the past 12 months.

2. If a doctor states that a child is not reading due to processing issues, does that meet the criteria for organic brain dysfunction? Does the verbiage specifically need to state “organic brain dysfunction, or can neurological impairment suffice? Documentation should indicate that the processing issue is of neurological origin. Most physicians are not going to use the terminology “organic brain dysfunction.”

3. Can an ESE student in a private school on a McKay scholarship qualify? If the student is being served under IDEA and has a current IEP, the student may be eligible for materials derived by NIMAS files.

4. The speech teacher for a TBI class received a grant for books and audiobooks for 5 specific multicultural titles. However, 3 of the books are not available on audiobook, so she wants to record it. Is that a violation of copyright? If the students are eligible for accessible formats under the Chafee amendment (reading disability – of organic origin and of sufficient severity to prevent the reading of standard print materials, blind/visually impaired, or orthopedically impaired – cannot hold a book or turn its pages), then she may record the books without violating copyright.