IDEA's 14 Categories of Disabilities

1. Deafness

1.1. AT: Assistive equipment and technology

1.2. I/M: Accommodations for Students with Hearing Loss

1.3. I/M: Early Intervention

2. Emotional Disturbance

2.1. AT: Low-Tech, Mid-Tech, High-Tech

2.2. AT: Emotional Disturbance APPs

2.3. I/M: Interventions for Teachers

2.4. I/M: Emotional Behavioral Disorder: Accommodations and Modifications

2.5. I/M: Strategies

2.6. CS: Megan

3. Hearing Impairment

3.1. AT: Hearing Assistive Technology (HATS) for Children

3.2. I/M: The Necessity of Early Intervention in Hearing

3.3. I/M: Classroom Accommodations for Children with Minimal/Mild Hearing Loss

4. Intellectual Disability

4.1. AT: Using iPads with Students with Intellectual Disabilities

4.2. AT: Home Living, Communal Living, & Lifelong Learning

4.3. I/M: Effective Teaching Methods For People With Intellectual Disabilities

4.4. I/M: Early Intervention

5. Multiple Disabilities

5.1. AT: Technology for Students with Multiple Disabilities

5.2. I/M: Academic Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities

5.3. I/M: Instructional Strategies for Students with Multiple Disabilities

6. Specific Learning Disability

6.1. AT: Assistive Technology Solutions for Dyslexia

6.2. I/M: Accommodating Students with Dyslexia in All Classroom Settings

6.3. I/M: Strategies for Teachers

6.4. CS: Ellie

7. Traumatic Brain Injury

7.1. AT: 10 Devices for Memory Loss

7.2. I/M: Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students with Traumatic Brain Injury / Acquired Brain Impairment

8. CS: Case Study

9. Other Health Impairment

9.1. AT: Assistive Technology and Educational Best Practices for Students with ADHD

9.2. AT: Assistive Technology for ADHD

9.3. I/M: Suggested Classroom Interventions for Children with ADD & Learning Disabilities

9.4. I/M: Behavioral Intervention Techniques for Children with ADHD

9.5. CS: Dmitrov

10. Autism

10.1. AT: Technology and Autism: What’s Available and What Works

10.2. I/M: Types of interventions for children with ASD

10.3. I/M: 23 Ways to Accommodate Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome in the Classroom

11. Deaf-Blindness

11.1. AT: Tools for Independence

11.2. I/M: 10 Issues to Always Consider When Intervening for Students with Deafblindness

11.3. I/M: Tactile Learning Strategies for Children who are Deaf-Blind: Concerns and Considerations from Project SALUTE

12. Developmental Delay

12.1. Destinations

12.2. AT: Assistive Technology and Early Start

12.3. I/M: What is developmental delay and what services are available if I think my child might be delayed?

12.4. I/M: Developmental Delays in the Classroom

13. Orthopedic Impairment

13.1. AT: What the Law Says

13.2. I/M: Interventions, Accomodations, Differentiations, and Links

13.3. I/M: Characteristics, Accommodations, Strategies

14. Speech or Language Impairment

14.1. AT: VOCAs (Voice Output Communication Aids)

14.2. AT: AACs (Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices)

14.3. I/M: Adjustments for students with a speech-language impairment

14.4. I/M: Classroom Accommodations/Modifications

15. Visual Impairment, Including Blindness

15.1. AT: Products

15.2. AT: Assistive Technology

15.3. I/M: Family Connect Website: Early Intervention Services for Children

15.4. I/M: Accommodations and Modifications for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired

16. AT = Assistive Technology

17. I/M: Intervention/Modification