Disability Awareness
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Disability |
Description |
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Speech or Language Impairment |
A communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, language impairment, or voice impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. |
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Specific Learning Disability |
A disorder in one of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding that may manifest itself as an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do math. |
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Other Health Impairment |
Having limited strength, vitality, or alertness with respect to the educational environment that is due to a chronic or acute health problem and adversely affects a child’s educational performance. |
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Emotional Disturbance |
A condition exhibiting one or more characteristic over a long period of time:
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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. |
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Autism |
A developmental disorder that involves abnormal development and function of the brain. |
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Intellectual Disability |
A disability characterized by significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. |
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Visual Impairment |
An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. |
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Hearing Impairment |
A hearing loss below 90 decibels. |
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Deafness |
A hearing impairment that limits a child’s ability to process language input with or without assistance (hearing aid, amplification, etc). |
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Orthopedic Impairment |
A physical impairment that impacts a child’s educational performance. |
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Multiple Disabilities |
Disabilities that occur simultaneously that cause severe educational needs. |
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Deaf/Blindness |
The combination of simultaneous hearing and visual impairments which prevent a student from participating in either hearing or visual supports. |