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
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. …
Emotional Disturbance (Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities)
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
Learning Disabilities
Specific learning disability means 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 the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia and developmental aphasia. …
Medical Disabilities
The ADA defines a person with a medical disability as someone who (a) has a physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, (b) has a history or record of an impairment and (c) is regarded as having such an impairment by others even if the individual does not actually have a disability (such as a person …
Mental Health
Mental health includes emotional, psychological and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others and make healthy choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Learn More
Mental Illness
Any Mental illness (AMI) is defined as a mental, behavioral or emotional disorder. AMI can vary in impact, ranging from no impairment to mild, moderate or severe. Serious mental illness (SMI) is defined as a mental, behavioral or emotional disorder resulting in serious functional impairment, which substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. Learn More
Mobility Disabilities (Physical Disabilities)
A condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting or carrying. Learn More
Neurological Disabilities (Neurological Disorders)
Neurological disorders are conditions that target how your nervous system (brain, spinal cord and nerves) functions. There are hundreds of neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis and meningitis, for example. They cause symptoms that affect how you move, think and feel. Learn More
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