Lesson Four Activity
Print this page and match the 13 disability categories to their definitions by filling in the correct letter of the definition next to the disability.
| Disability | Definition |
|---|---|
| __ Autism | A. An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression. A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. |
| ___ Deaf-Blindness | B. Clubfoot, absence of some member, piliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis, cerebral palsy, amuputations and fractures or burns that cause contractures. |
| ___ Deafness | C. Caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment in one or more areas, such as cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem-solving; sensory perceptual and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. |
| ___ Emotional Disturbance | D. Developmental disability affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction evident before age three. Engages in repetitive activities, resists changes in daily routines and responds unusually to sensory experiences. |
| ___ Hearing Impairment | E. A permanent or fluctuating impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. |
| ___ Mental Retardation | F. Having limited strength, vitality, or alertness; heightened alertness to environmental stimuli. |
| ___ Multiple Disabilities | G. An impairment that can result in partial sight or blindness. |
| ___ Orthopedic Impairiment | H. A simultaneous impairment causing severe communication and educational needs. |
| ___ Other Health Impairment | I. Sub-average general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. |
| ___ Specific Learning Disability | J. A disorder in understanding or in using language, spoken or written including perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. |
| ___ Speech or Language Impairment | K. A severe impairment in processing auditory linguistic information. |
| ___ Traumatic Brain Injury | L. Simultaneous impairments such as mental retardation-blindness or mental retardation-orthopedic impairment. |
| ___ Visual Impairment Including Blindness | M. A communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment. |