CYSHCN

Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

A program that promotes quality care for young people in Wisconsin. Children and youth with special health care needs are those who have chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition. They also require health and related services of a type and amount beyond that generally required. CYSHCN conditions include autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, deafness or blindness, down syndrome, etc.

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