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SPECIAL
EDUCATION CATEGORIES
Intellectual Disabilities:
Below average intellectual functioning, along with deficits in
adaptive behavior, which were evident during the developmental
period.
Deafness Impairment:
Hearing impairment that is so severe the child has difficulty
processing information through hearing, with or without
amplification.
Hearing Impairment:
Hearing impairment, can be permanent or fluctuating.
Orthopedic Impairment:
A severe orthopedic impairment - includes congenital anomaly,
impairments caused by disease, and impairments from other causes.
Emotional Disturbance:
A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics
over a long period of time and to a marked degree.
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inability to learn
that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors
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inability to build
or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and
teachers
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inappropriate types
of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances
a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression
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tendency to develop
physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school
problems
Visually Impaired: An
impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a
child’s educational performance, includes partial sight and
blindness.
Specific Learning Disability:
A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes
involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written,
that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think,
speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.
Speech and/or Language
Impairment: A
communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation,
language impairment, or voice impairment.
Multiple Disability:
One impairment accompanied by one or more other impairments (such as
mental retardation and blindness; mental retardation and orthopedic
impairment).
Other Health Impairment:
Having limited strength, vitality or alertness, due to chronic or
acute health problems such as a heart condition, tuberculosis,
rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia,
epilepsy, lead poisoning, leukemia, or diabetes.
Traumatic Brain Injury:
An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical
force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or
psychosocial impairment, or both.
Autism:
A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and
nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident
before age 3.
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