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    The birth of a handicapped child can occasion much hardship for both the child and his family. Not the least anxiety is how to obtain special inpatient treatment on a short-term or long-term basis. Massachusetts is fortunate to have a residential facility for orthopedically handicapped children that provides both needed medical care and education.Founded in 1904 by an act of the Legislature, the Massachusetts Hospital School is a Department facility for children whose disabilities are neuromuscular or skeletal in origin. The principal patient groups now served include those with cerebral palsy, myelodysplasia, muscular dystrophy and spinal-cord injuries. Massachusetts residents . . .

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    Further information may be obtained from James J. Callahan, Jr., Ph.D., or from Ann K. Iversen, Massachusetts Hospital School, Canton, MA 02021 (617)828–2440, extension 223.

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