What are common disabilities?

Table of Contents:

1. What are common disabilities?
2. Who are students with disabilities?
3. Can you go to college if you're on disability?
4. Who are the students with special needs?
5. What are some examples of special needs?
6. What is the definition of special needs?
7. Who are special people?
8. What does special needs child mean?
9. Is special needs politically correct?

What are common disabilities?

Common Disabilities

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Learning Disabilities.
• Mobility Disabilities.
• Medical Disabilities.
• Psychiatric Disabilities.
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Visual Impairments.
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Who are students with disabilities?

Who is in Special Education? Students who are diagnosed with one or more of the 13 disabilities covered by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act qualify for special education. Those disabilities include learning disabilities, autism, emotional disturbance, and hearing impairment.

Can you go to college if you're on disability?

A person who receives SSI (Supplemental Security Income) because of a disability can attend school and continue to receive SSI while a student. There are some special rules, however, that apply to SSI recipients who are students.

Who are the students with special needs?

They're children who have a disability or a combination of disabilities that makes learning or other activities difficult. Special-needs children include those who have: Mental Retardation, which causes them to develop more slowly than other children.

What are some examples of special needs?

Other types of special needs include:

• Autism.
• ADHD.
• Cerebral palsy.
• Down syndrome.
• Emotional disturbance.
• Epilepsy.
• Reading and learning disabilities.
• Intellectual disabilities.

What is the definition of special needs?

: any of various difficulties (such as a physical, emotional, behavioral, or learning disability or impairment) that causes an individual to require additional or specialized services or accommodations (such as in education or recreation) students with special needs.

Who are special people?

Special people include a child who has:  Dysphasia an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage  Unfitness, softness poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)  Disability of walking a disability that interferes ...

What does special needs child mean?

A special needs child is a youth who has been determined to require special attention and specific necessities that other children do not.

Is special needs politically correct?

Don't use the terms “handicapped,” “differently-abled,” “cripple,” “crippled,” “victim,” “retarded,” “stricken,” “poor,” “unfortunate,” or “special needs.” ... It is okay to use words or phrases such as “disabled,” “disability,” or “people with disabilities” when talking about disability issues.