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Categories of Disabilities

There are several categories that students could fall into for disabilites. Here are a list of different types with some information about them and some additional links.

1. Autism - A developmental disability that affects verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction. Is generally evident by age 3 and affects educational performance

2. Deafness - Child is impaired in processeing information from hearing with or without help from devices.

3. Deaf Blindness - Hearing and visual impairments. A combination which cause sever communication problems and child can not be accomodated on just one of the impairments.

4. Hearing impairment - Wheather it is permanent or flucuating its an impairment that affects the hearing that is not under the definition of deafness.

5. Mental Disability - A significatn below average intellectual function. Also known as cognative disability

6. Multiple Disability - Combination of the disabilities that are listed that the child can not be accomodated in the Special Education room solely on one disability.

7. Orthopedic Impairment - Impairments caused by anormaly, disease, or other causes that affect a students ability to learn.

8. Other Health Impairments - Student has limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to chronic or acute health problems.

9. Tourette's Syndrome - neurological disorder that includes involuntary movements of the body.

10. Specific learning disabilities - one or more of the basic psycological processes involived in understanding or using language in any area.

11. Speech or language impairment - communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, language impairment or a voice impairment

12. Traumatic Brain Injury - Injury to the brain caused by and external force resulting in total or partial functional disability.

13. Visual Impairment - Even with correction affects the students educational performance.