Categories of Disabilities that Qualify

for Special Education

 Specific Learning Disabilities

 Speech or Language Impairments
 Mental Retardation
 Emotional Disturbance
 Multiple Disabilities
 Hearing Impairments
 Orthopedic Impairments
 Other Health Impairments
 Visual Impairments
 Autism
 Deaf-blindness
 Traumatic Brain Injury
 ADHD-OHI services or Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Works Cited: Teaching Students with Learning Problems, 8th

Edition, Cecil D. Mercer; Ann R. Mercer; Paige C. Pullen (2011)