IDEA Disabilities
by Margaret McElhenny
1. Deaf/Blindness
2. Deafness
3. Developmental Delay
4. Emotional Disturbance
5. Speech or Language Impairment
6. Visual Impairment
7. I currently teach a little boy who fits most of the criteria on the autism spectrum. Yet he has gone undiagnosed and his problems are rarely brought up to his parents
8. Autism
9. Hearing Impairment
10. Intellectual Disability
11. Multiple Disabilities
12. Orthopedic Impairment
13. Other Health Impairment
14. Specific Learning Disability
15. Traumatic Brain Injury
16. My nephew was diagnosed with an hearing impairment at one month old, steps have already been taken to get him into state-funded therapy. Early intervention is very important
