Disability Types
The student has a developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction (i.e., engaging in repetitive activities and movements, resisting change in routines, and responding unusually to sensory experiences).
What is Autism?
The student has a vision impairment affecting his/her education, even with correction.
What is Visual Impairment including Blindness?
The student has a combination of hearing and vision impairments that severely affects communication and development.
What is Deaf-Blindness?
The student has a communication disorder that affects fluency (stuttering), articulation, language, and/or voice
What is Speech or Language Impairment?
From a very young age, the student has a significantly below-average IQ and decreased functional skills. *Note: In years past, “Mental Retardation” (MR) was the term used to describe intellectual disabilities; however, this term is no longer used or acceptable.
What is Intellectual Disability?
The student has difficulty understanding and/or using spoken or written language. This may affect his/her ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations. Not due to other disabilities
What is Specific Learning Disability?
The student has decreased strength, energy, or attention that affects his/her educational performance stemming from chronic or acute health problems (e.g., ADHD, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.).
What is Other Health Impairment? (OHI)
The student has severe difficulty as the result of a birth defect, disease, or other physical impairment (e.g., cerebral palsy or amputation).
What is Orthopedic Impairment?
The student has acquired a brain injury affecting one or more areas: cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem solving, sensory, abilities, motor abilities, psychosocial behavior, physical functions, information processing, and speech. This does not apply to a brain injury occurring at birth or one that is degenerative.
What is Traumatic Brain Injury?
The student exhibits one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time:
inability to learn that cannot be explained, inability to build or maintain relationships with peers and teachers, etc
What is Emotional Disturbance?