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- Specific learning disability (SLD) The “specific learning disability” (SLD) category covers a specific group of learning challenges. These conditions affect a child’s ability to read, write, listen, speak, reason, or do math.
- Other health impairment. The “other health impairment” category covers conditions that limit a child’s strength, energy, or alertness. One example is ADHD, which impacts attention and .
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ASD is a developmental disability. It involves a wide range of symptoms, but it mainly affects a child’s social and communication skills.
- Emotional disturbance. Various mental health issues can fall under the “emotional disturbance” category. They may include anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression.
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Children with disabilities. Every child has the right to live in an inclusive world. Fifteen per cent of the world’s population – at least one billion people – have some form of disability, whether present at birth or acquired later in life. Nearly 240 million of them are children.
To best support your child, you may need information about your child’s specific diagnosis, early intervention services (for a baby or toddler), special education services (for a preschool or school-age child), social security benefits, and much more.
The findings presented in this fact sheet indicate that the following investment is needed to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities are progressed, and that such children are fully included in current and future development and humanitarian action.
- Autism… …means a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
- Deaf-Blindness… …means concomitant [simultaneous] hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness.
- Deafness… …means a hearing impairment so severe that a child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
- Developmental Delay… …for children from birth to age three (under IDEA Part C) and children from ages three through nine (under IDEA Part B), the term developmental delay, as defined by each State, means a delay in one or more of the following areas: physical development; cognitive development; communication; social or emotional development; or adaptive [behavioral] development.
Mar 15, 2023 · Developmental disabilities are common, affecting about 1 in 6 children. Here, we’ll look at the most common developmental disabilities, what causes them, how they are diagnosed, and how they are treated.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
