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Our Massachusetts 10 Disability Categories:
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Autism
Includes Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD, PDD/NOS), Asperger's Disorder, Rett's Disorder,
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD), etc.
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Emotional
(state regs defines as "Emotional Impairment", federal regs uses the term "Emotional disturbance")
Includes pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; or a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems, over a long period of time and to a marked degree.
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Developmentally Delayed
Learning capacity of a young child (ages 3-9) is significantly limited)
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Communication
(state regs defines as "Communication Impairment")
Use of expressive or receptive language is significantly limited (Includes speech, articulation, stuttering, language impairment, or voice impairment, etc.)
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Intellectual
(state regs defines as "Intellectual Impairment", federal regs uses the term "Mental retardation")
Limited cognitive functioning
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Physical
(state regs defines as "Physical Impairment")
Includes severe orthopedic impairments or impairments caused by congenital anomaly, cerebral palsy (CP), amputations, and fractures.
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Sensory
(state regs defines as "Sensory Impairment")
Includes Hearing, Vision, Deaf-Blind
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Specific Learning Disability
In read, write, spell, or to do math, listening, think speak (federal regs includes Dyslexic).
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Neurological
(state regs defines as "Neurological Impairment," federal regs uses the term Traumatic brain injury (TBI) )
Includes the use of memory, information processing,
organizational skills, social skills, speech, language, etc.
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Other Health issue
(state regs defines as "Health Impairment")
Includes ADHD, asthma, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, and sickle cell anemia.
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