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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:104.

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Students with chronic illness, such as sickle cell disease (SCD), diabetes mellitus, cancer, or asthma are at risk for poor academic attainment. Students aged 5 through 19 years with SCD have an additional burden, as this disease is associated with multiple painful episodes resulting in hospitalizations and strokes.¹

In 1997, we reviewed the status of 17-, 18-, and 19-year-olds with SCD followed up by the Hematology/Oncology Center at St Louis Children's Hospital (St Louis, Mo). Only 4 (15%) of 26 patients were on target to completing high school. Given the poor education attainment, we expected that most of these students would have received educational support and/or had Individual Education Plans (IEP)² to which they were entitled through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.³ The poor high school graduation rate for these young adults prompted us to consider the adequacy of educational support for students with SCD who are considered to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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