IDEA Disability Categories
by Joshua Rice
1. Emotional disturbance
1.1. preferential seating for whole class tasks
1.2. use positive verbal praise to reinforce appropriate behaviors
2. Deaf-blindness
3. Deafness
3.1. manual sign language
3.2. oral interpreter
3.3. Use software apps that have strong visuals
4. Developmental delay
4.1. using mods, accommodations, or assistive technology that is relavent to student's area of difficulty
5. Speech or Language Impairment
6. Speech or language impairment
6.1. provide peer or adult assistance with unfamiliar words
6.2. talking hand held dictionary
6.3. summarize info in appropriate language
7. Traumatic brain injury
8. Specific Learning Disability
8.1. provide a peer to assist in accessing text in computer based resource applications
8.2. use a text reader such as Willow Talk
8.3. provide a talking hand held dictionary
9. Autism
9.1. use accommodations, modifications, and assistive technology solution that are relevant to the student's area of difficulty
10. Intellectual disability
10.1. provide assistance from a peer
10.2. provide additional time to complete assignments
10.3. provide software such as Inspiration to assist in the writing process
11. Orthopedic impairment
11.1. provide optimal seating to enhance participation
11.2. provide adaptive pointing utensils such as hand pointer or hand splint for keyboard use
11.3. provide microwswitch as alternative to the keyboard
12. Other health impairment
13. Hearing impairment
13.1. provide manual sign language or oral interpreter
13.2. talking word processor app such as Write OutLoud
14. Multiple disabilities
15. Visual impairment (including blindness)
15.1. use descriptive auditory feedback of visuals used in discussion
