1.      Autism-a developmental disability that significantly affects communication, both verbal and nonverbal, and social interaction. These symptoms usually present themselves before age 3 and has a characteristic of repetitive motions.

2.     Deafness-severe hearing disability where the students learning is negatively impacted. �The impairment exists with or with amplification, so even if the child has a hearing aid, his educational performance is still affected.� (Fraschilla, 2015)

3.      Deaf-Blindness- visual and hearing impairments. �To be classified as deaf-blindness, the effect on the child's education needs to severe enough that programs designed solely for those with hearing impairments or visual impairments are not adequate.� (Fraschilla, 2015)

4.      Hearing Impairment-.means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child�s educational performance but is not included under the definition of �deafness.� (Education, 2004)

1.     EmotionalDisturbance- These students are average or above average in intelligence.Respond with inappropriate relationships, usually depressed fearful andunhappy.

2.       Intellectualdisability- marked by significant below average intellectual function,marked with behavioral problems that negatively affect educational performance.These problems arise before the student is eighteen years of age.

3.      Multiple Disabilities -A child withmultiple disabilities is simultaneously affected by more than one disability.The effect on his educational performance is to the extent that services forone of those disabilities is not adequate.

4.      Orthopedic Impairments- .�means asevere orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a child�s educationalperformance. The term includes impairments caused by a congenital anomaly (e.g.clubfoot, absence of some member, etc.), impairments caused by disease (e.g.poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis, etc.), and impairments from other causes(e.g., cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures or burns that causecontractures).� (Education, 2004)

5.      Speech or Language Impairment- .�Meansa communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a languageimpairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child�s educationalperformance. (Education, 2004)

6.      Traumatic Brain Injury- �An acquiredinjury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total orpartial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, thatadversely affects a child's educational performance. The term applies to openor closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such ascognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment;problem-solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psychosocialbehavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. The term does  not include brain injuries that arecongenital or degenerative, or brain injuries induced by birth trauma.� (School, n.d.)

7.      Visual Impairment Including Blindness-An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child�seducational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness. (Education, 2004)

8.      Other Health Impairment- �Other healthimpairments include limited strength, vitality, or alertness and are caused bychronic or acute health problems and negatively affect educationalperformance.� (Fraschilla, 2015)

9.      Specific Learning Disability- �Aspecific learning disability refers to a neurological disorder that affects thebrain's ability to receive, process, store, or respond to information. It canaffect the ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or domathematical calculations. It does not include impairments resulting fromvisual, hearing, motor disabilities, intellectual disabilities, or emotionaldisturbance. It also excludes difficulties stemming from an environmental,cultural, or economic disadvantage.� (Fraschilla, 2015

10.     Traumatic Brain Injury- �An acquiredinjury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total orpartial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, thatadversely affects a child's educational performance. The term applies to openor closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such ascognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment;problem-solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psychosocialbehavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. The term does  not include brain injuries that arecongenital or degenerative, or brain injuries induced by birth trauma.� (School, n.d.)

11.      Visual Impairment Including Blindness-An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child�seducational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness. (Education, 2004)

12.      Other Health Impairment- �Other healthimpairments include limited strength, vitality, or alertness and are caused bychronic or acute health problems and negatively affect educationalperformance.� (Fraschilla, 2015)

13.      Specific Learning Disability- �Aspecific learning disability refers to a neurological disorder that affects thebrain's ability to receive, process, store, or respond to information. It canaffect the ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or domathematical calculations. It does not include impairments resulting fromvisual, hearing, motor disabilities, intellectual disabilities, or emotionaldisturbance. It also excludes difficulties stemming from an environmental,cultural, or economic disadvantage.� (Fraschilla, 2015)

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