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IDEA’s 13 SPECIAL EDUCATION DISABILITY CATEGORIES
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The individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law that supports special education and related services for children with special needs from the age of 3 to 21. This act is legislated to ensure that children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE) that help them progress and learn in the least restrictive environment (LRE). However, for the children to receive an individualized education program (IEP), they must be evaluated. The student goes through a battery of assessments to ensure he or she needs special services. According to the IDEA, there are 13 special education disability categories. Any eligible child would likely benefit from a special education program. Parents must know that not every disability can receive IEP. Furthermore, IDEA has defined the 13 disability categories (34 CFR 300.8). They are as follows:
1. Autism (ASD):
Autism (or Autism Spectrum Disorder) refers to a group of complex neurodevelopment disorders characterized by repetitive thought and behavior patterns. Repetitive behavior might look like hand flapping, rocking, jumping, or twirling. It affects verbal and nonverbal communication and social interactions. A child with ASD may be susceptible to environmental change or change in daily routines and rituals, even slightly. Moreover, the child can be sensitive to touch, light, and sound. He can demonstrate a constant and hyperactive movement. A child on the spectrum can be impulsive, aggressive with himself and others; his eating habits can be fussy. He may have a lack of coordination and a short attention span. These characteristics can affect a child’s educational performance and support the need for a special education program.
2. Deaf-Blindness (DB) :
Deaf-Blindness means concomitant hearing and visual impairments. It is a disability in which an individual has both a hearing and visual impairment. Characteristics of this disability may differ from one person to another because the expression of the impairments will likely have varying degrees. A child with DB may need increased volume or ask you to speak louder or slower due to difficulty following a conversation. You may notice a child with DB holding books very close, sitting close to the television, or having difficultly moving around unfamiliar places. All these difficulties can also impact the child’s ability to communicate or make educational progress.
3. Deafness/Hard of Hearing (DHH):
Deafness is a type of hearing impairment, but it is believed to be genetic or congenital because of prenatal viral infections, birth trauma, or other reasons. This impairment prevents the child from processing verbal information through hearing, no matter how amplified the sound is. This negatively affects the child’s educational performance.
4. Emotional Disturbance (ED):
Emotional Disturbance is a condition in which the child demonstrates specific emotional or behavioral characteristics over a long period. An emotionally disturbed child’s learning and social skill development are impacted for reasons that may not be specific. She struggles to maintain good relationships with others. He may exhibit behaviors of immaturity, withdrawal, and aggression. The behavior can also look like inappropriate crying, severe temper tantrums, excessive acting out, or fighting.
5. Hearing Impairment (HI):
There are different degrees of hearing impairment. A child may have a mild, moderate, or severe impairment. Again, deafness is a form of hearing impairment; still, a hearing-impaired person does not meet the characteristics of a person who is deaf.
6. Intellectual Disability (ID) :
Intellectual Disability is a general impairment of cognitive or intellectual functioning, social skills, and adaptive behavior. ID is usually apparent during the child’s developmental years and may look like a child having difficulty understanding social rules or solving fundamental problems. They have trouble remembering things and seeing the results of their actions. You might also see delays with talking or walking in comparison to other children.
7. Multiple Disabilities (MD):
The child with MD will have a couple or a few disabilities at once. For example, a child with MD might have an intellectual disability and blindness or intellectual disability and orthopedic impairment. Remember, Deaf-Blindness is its own category, so it is not included under MD.
8. Orthopedic Impairment (OI):
Orthopedic Impairments may result from polio, bone tuberculosis, cerebral palsy, amputations, fractures, or burns that cause contractures. The condition varies from case to case, but Orthopedic Impairments involve physical disabilities, affecting the educational process. Examples include the student’s inability to access transportation, maneuver around the classroom, and difficulty navigating school hallways without additional services or supports.
9. Other Health Impairment (OHI):
Other Health Impairment is having chronic or acute health problems, like, asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, etc. All these chronic health problems can adversely affect child performance in school. Each condition has its own traits and causes different limitations, so an IEP will address the student’s specific needs related to their situations.
10. Specific Learning Disability (SLD):
Specific Learning Disability is various disorders that limit the child from learning. It is an umbrella term that can describe many different types of learning issues. The child can have difficulty concentrating, processing, listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, and performing math calculations. The learning disabilities include dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, minimal brain dysfunction, developmental aphasia, perceptual disabilities, etc.
11. Speech or Language Impairment (S/LI):
We can find various kinds of speech and language disorders. Articulation is a Speech Impairment where the child produces sounds incorrectly. Fluency is where a child’s flow of speech is disrupted by sounds, syllables, and repeated words. Voice or inflection is where the child’s voice has an abnormal quality to its pitch, resonance, or loudness. Language Impairments where the child has problems expressing needs, ideas, information, and/or understanding what others say. More common speech and language disorders are stuttering, and language impairment can also impact children’s learning and communication abilities.
12. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI):
A traumatic injury is a physical injury that occurs suddenly, with a certain degree of severity. A traumatic brain injury can affect problem-solving skills, sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. Special Education services support the student’s altered learning capabilities.
13. Visual Impairment (VI):
Visual Impairment refers to any kind of vision loss, whether the child cannot see at all or has partial vision loss. Some people are completely blind, but many others have what is called legal blindness. Special Education services help students who are VI learn needed skills to access their curriculum and learning environment.
Before closing, please note IDEA also references Developmentally Delayed as a special education category. It is often counted as a minor category because it is a category that can only be assigned to students under the age of 9 (in most states). At a certain point, your child will need to be reevaluated for continued eligibility determined by your state. He/she must qualify under at least one of the 13 primary categories to continue receiving special education services and supports. According to the IDEA, only students who meet these specific categories’ criteria can benefit from an individualized education program.
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