Categories of Disabilities

that Qualify for Special Education

* specific learning disabilities
* speech or language impairments
* mental retardation
* emotional disturbance
* multiple disabilities
* hearing impairments
* orthopedic impairments
* other health impairments
* visual impairments
* _Autism__
* deaf-blindness
* traumatic brain injury
* ADHD—These students receive services under “other health impairments” or
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011). Teaching Students with
Learning Problems, 8th Edition, Merrill