Disability Category Related Disorders Criteria of Eligibility Characteristics Prevalence Notes/Comments

Specific Learning - ADHD - Difficulty using or - Perceptual disabilities 46.2% Disabilities that fall
Disabilities (SLD) - Dyspraxia understanding language - Dyslexia under this category
- Executive - Imperfect ability to listen, - Minimal brain include: Auditory
Functioning speak, think, read, write, do dysfunction Processing Disorder
- Memory math - Developmental (APD), Dyscalculia,
aphasia Dysgraphia, and
language processing
disorder

Speech and - Apraxia of speech - Hearing loss - Stuttering 19.7% - Communication

Language - Dysarthria - Neurological disorders - Impaired articulation disorder
Impairment (SLI) - Lisping - Vocal misuse - Language or voice
- Spasmodic impairment
dysphonia

Mild Intellectual - Mental retardation - IQ test
Disabilities (ID) - Autism spectrum - Conceptual skills test
disorder (ASD) - Social skills test
- Consideration of cultural,
environmental, and linguistic
differences
- Limitations in 8.4% - Not only intellectual
intellectual functioning impairment, but social
- Limitations in impairment as well
adaptive behavior

Other Health - ADHD - Chronic health problems - Limited strength 8.5% - Includes many
Impaired (OHI) - Tourette Syndrome - Affected educational - Limited alertness different disorders and
- Asthma performance - Other health health conditions when
problems they affect school
performance
Emotional/ - Schizophrenia - Inability to learn due to - Hyperactivity 7.9% - I had never thought
Behavioral - Depression factors other than health or - Aggression about anxiety and
- Anxiety intellectual disabilities - Withdrawal depression could affect a
Disorders (EB/D) child’s ability to learn, but
- Bipolar disorder - Limited social skills - Immaturity
I realize now it is a large
- Learning difficulties factor in their
performance