Definition of the 13 categories of disabilities under in IDEA.

1.  Is a disorder that affects a person's ability to learn and use specific academic skills.

• Intellectual Disability

• Multiple Disabilities

• Specific Learning Disability

• Autism

1. Is a communication disorder that affects a person's ability to produce or understand language.

• Speech or Language Impairment

• Developmental Delay

• Intellectual Disability

• Multiple Disabilities

A developmental disability that affects how people communicate, behave, and interact with others.

• Intellectual disability

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Speech Language Disorder

• Hearing Impairment

A condition characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior that originates before the age of 22. 

• Adaptive disorder

• IQ deficiency

• Autism

• Intellectual Disability

1. A condition that significantly impacts a child's emotional, behavioral, and academic development.

• Conduct Disorder

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Emotional Disturbance

• Emotionally unstable

Occurs when a child doesn't reach their developmental milestones at the expected age.

• Developmental Delay

• Milestone Delay

• Learning Disability

• Low IQ

Refers to a condition where an individual has two or more significant impairments that interact and compound each other, resulting in severe educational needs.

• Learning Disability

• Multiple Disabilities

• Low IQ Disorder

• SPED Student

1. Refers to a partial or total inability to hear. It can affect one or both ears and can vary in severity from mild to profound.

• Hearing Impairment

• Visual Impairment

• Learning Disability

• Deaf-Blindness

A physical disability that affects the musculoskeletal system, including bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. This impairment can significantly impact a person's daily activities, including walking, sitting, and fine motor skills.

• Epilepsy

• Orthopedic Impairment

• Body Disability

• Musculoskeletal Disorder

1. a condition that affects a person's vision, causing a partial or complete loss of sight.

• Legal Blindness

• Blind

• Eye Disorder

• Visual Impairment