Special Education Disability Areas

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a special education law that identifies categories of special education, each with its own requirements. The student must meet two main criteria to qualify for special education services. The student must have one of the following identified disabilities, and the disability must adversely affect their educational performance to qualify and receive special education services.

Minnesota Department of Education- Special Education

•Autism Spectrum Disorders

•Blind or Visually Impaired

•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/Behavioral Disabilities

Other Health Disability

Physically Impaired

•Severely Multiply Impaired

Specific Learning Disability

•Speech/Language Impairment

•Traumatic Brain Injury

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