Who is eligible for Special Education services?

  • A student, ages 3 through 22, having one or more of the following 13 federally-defined disabling conditions that adversely affect his or her educational performance, may be eligible to receive special education services.

    • Characteristics associated with autism
    • Deaf-blindness
    • Deafness
    • Emotional disturbance
    • Hearing impairment (Hard of hearing)
    • Intellectual disability
    • Multiple disabilities
    • Orthopedic impairment
    • Other health impairment
    • Specific learning disability
    • Speech or language impairment
    • Traumatic brain injury
    • Visual impairment