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IDEA Disability Category Comparison Template
The paper includes a definition, characteristics, causes, prevalence and potential effects on
learning of the following disabilities.
1. Autism
2. Deaf-Blind
3. Deafness
4. Developmental Delay
5. Emotional Disturbance
6. Hearing Impairment
7. Intellectual Disability
8. Multiple Disabilities
9. Orthopedic Impairment
10. Other Health Impairment
11. Specific Learning Disability
12. Speech or Language Impairment
13. Traumatic Brain Injury
14. Visual Impairment Including Blindness
IDEA Disability Category Comparison Template
Disability
Category
Autism
Potential Effect
on Learning
Definition
Autism is a
developmental
disability that
affects
communication
(verbal and
nonverbal) and
social skills.
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Characteristics
-Difficulty
communicating
and interpreting
motives and cues
of others
-Not comfortable
with change
-Poor social skills
-May engage in
the same activity
over and over
(SARRC, n.d.)
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Causes
The causes of
Autism are not
clear but has
something to
do with brain
development
before birth
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Deaf-Blind
Is a disability
that involves a
combination of
simultaneous
hearing and
visual
impairments.
Different degrees
of vision and
hearing loss.
May occur due
to meningitis,
inheritance or
brain injury.
May occur due
to childbirth
complications,
prematurity,
and various
congenital
syndromes
Deafness
A severe form of
hearing
impairment
Difficulties in
hearing and
processing
linguistic
information.
Some of the
causes are;
meningitis,
otosclerosis,
glue ear, cleft
palate,
cholesteatoma,
microtia,
atresia as well
as an enlarged
vestibular
aqueduct.
Developmental
Delay
Denotes a delay
in a child’s
Delays in a
child’s speech,
Some of the
causes have to
Prevalence
Autism is
one of the
fastest
growing
disabilities.
Prevalence
has changed
to 1 in 68
children in
U.S. (Autism
Society,
2016, para.
2)
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The 2005
census
reported,
there were
9658
individuals
with deafblindness in
the US.
Who
estimates
that there are
9%, 91%
deaf children
and adults
and, 56%
deaf males
and 44%
deaf females
around the
globe
(WHO,...