Emotional disturbance means a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance: (a) an inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors; (b) an inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers; …
Intellectual Disabilities (Cognitive Disabilities)
Intellectual disability means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term “intellectual disability” was formerly termed “mental retardation.” Learn More
Amulatory Disabilities (Physical Disabilities, Mobility Disabilities)
A condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting or carrying. Learn More
Developmental Disabilities
Developmental disabilities are a group of conditions due to an impairment in physical, learning, language or behavior areas. These conditions begin during the child’s developmental period and may impact day-to-day functioning and usually last throughout a person’s lifetime. Most developmental disabilities begin before a baby is born, but some can happen after birth because of injury, infection or other factors. …
Autism
Autism means a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Other characteristics often associated with autism are engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines and unusual responses to sensory experiences. Autism does not apply if …
Visual Disabilities (Visual Impairment)
Visual impairment including blindness means an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness. Learn More
Cognitive Disabilities (Intellectual Disabilities)
Intellectual disability means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term “intellectual disability” was formerly termed “mental retardation.” Learn More
ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder marked by trouble controlling impulsive behavior, difficulty paying attention or overactivity. It is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. ADHD interferes with a person’s ability to stay on a task and maintain focus. The person may act without thinking or have difficulty with self-control. Learn More
Auditory Diasbilities (Hearing Impairment)
Hearing impairment means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness in this section. Learn More
Deaf (Hearing Impairment)
Hearing impairment means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness in this section. Learn More