Special Education Programs are provided based on students needs.
Disability Categories
According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) the 13 categories are:
- Intellectual disability (ID)
- Hearing impairment
- Speech or language impairment
- Visual impairment (including blindness)
- Emotional disturbance (ED)
- Orthopedic impairment
- Autism
- Traumatic brain injury
- Other health impairment (OHI)
- Specific learning disability (SLD)
- Deafness
- Deaf-blindness
- Multiple disabilities
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education
Source: IDEA - Section 300.8