Disabilities

(a)   is a neurodevelopmental disability that can have a significant impact on a student’s communication skills, social interactions, and behaviors.

Individuals with this disability will always have developmental differences in communicative function, social interaction skills, and behavioral characteristics that will be present to varying degrees.

• Autism

• Deaf/Hard of Hearing

• Multiple Handicaps

• Orthopedic Impairment

AD/HD falls into this category of disabilities.

• Autism

• Visually Impaired

• Other health impairment (OHI)

• TBI

Dyslexia is a common disability in this disability category.

• Emotional/ Behavioral Disorder

• Intellectual Disability

• Specific Learning Disabilities

• TBI

Characteristics of AD/HD include:

• Does not pay attention to detail and often makes mistakes across a number of activities

• Has difficulty maintaining attention during activities

• Does not complete schoolwork or other assigned activities

• All 3 of these

Speech-to-Text software could be used as an accommodation for someone with this disability.

• Orthopedic Impairment

• Dyslexia

• Emotional/ Behavioral Disorder

• Autism

The three classifications of visual impairment are (select all that apply)

• Low vision

• Functionally blind

• Totally blind

• High vision

Generally, only children who cannot hear sounds generating less than ___ decibels (dB) are considered deaf for the purposes of educational placement.

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 90

This disability affects a person's sight and hearing.

• Deaf

• Blindness

• Hearing Impairment

• Deaf-blindness

Screen readers convert text on a computer screen to audible speech and is most helpful to a person with this disability.

• AD/HD

• Deaf-Blindness

• Autism

• Orthopedic Impairment