Areas of Disabilities
There are 14 categories of disability under the federal IDEA and the disabling condition must not only exist but it must require that the student need special education and related services. Most of the disability categories also require that disability cause an adverse effect on the student’s educational performance. (34 C.F.R. 300.8)
Autism
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Visual Impairment including blindness
Emotional Disability (ED)
Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
Other Health Impairment (OHI)
Speech or Language Impairment
Orthopedic Impairment
Hearing Impairment including deafness
Deaf – Blind
Intellectual Disability (ID) (formerly Mental Retardation)
Multiple Disabilities (MD)
Deafness
Developmental Delay [in N.C. only children 3 – 7 y.o., See N.C.G.S. 115C-106.3(2)]