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Disability Categories
Fourteen disabilities have been identified under ECEA. NOTE: Some of these disabilities have sub-menus on the right to sort their information.
Those persons from three to twenty-one years of age who, by reason of one or more of the following conditions, are unable to receive reasonable benefit from general education.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Deaf-Blindness
Developmental Delay
Hearing Impairment, Including Deafness
Infant/Toddler with a Disability
Intellectual Disability
Multiple Disabilities
Orthopedic Impairment
Other Health Impaired (OHI)
Serious Emotional Disability (SED)
Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
Speech or Language Impairment
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Visual Impairment, Including Blindness
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Additional Educator Resources
Other CDE/State Links:
- Family, School and Community Resources and Support for supporting parents and children with disabilities
- Medicaid Extended School Health (MESH) Program
- Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS):
- SWAAAC: State Wide Assistive Technology,
Augmentative Alternative Communication
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