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