In Minnesota, we qualify students for special education services in different areas following the criteria set up be the state. The following are the disability areas that we consider when we qualify students for special education students.They are linked to the Minnesota Department of Education criteria that defines each disability. Click here for the MDE site.
Disability areas include the following:
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Deaf and Blind
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Developmental Adapted Physical Education
Developmental Cognitive Disability
Developmental Delay-Ages 3 through 6
Developmental Delay-Birth through age 2
Emotional or Behavioral Disabilities
Other Health Disabilities
Physical Disabilities
Physically Impaired
Severely Multiply Impaired
Specific Learning Disability
Speech Language Impairment
Traumatic Brain Injury
Visual Impairment Checklist