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DLA
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Disability Living Allowance the main benefit awarded to the child, recognising their physical and other difficulties. Award is irrespective of parents income.
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DMARD
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Disease Modifying and Regulating Drugs
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JIA
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis this is the new name for the group of arthritis conditions that affect children for more than six months.
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JCA
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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis this is the medical term used before 1999. It is now replaced with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
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JRA
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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis this is the American term used in most instances for children with JIA, although increasingly JIA is now used.
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NSAIDs
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
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SEN
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Special educational needs often categories of need still used include medical, physical, emotional or learning difficulty.
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SENCo
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Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator this is qualified teacher who is employed to co-ordinate the assessment and delivery of supported learning for all pupils in a school with any form of special need.
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Sibling
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Brother or sister
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