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Disability Categories
Fourteen disabilities have been identified under ECEA. NOTE: Some of these disabilities have sub-menus on the right to sort their information.
Those persons from three to twenty-one years of age who, by reason of one or more of the following conditions, are unable to receive reasonable benefit from general education.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Deaf-blindness
Email Tanni Anthony or Email Gina Herrera
Developmental Delay
Hearing Impairment, Including Deafness
Infant/Toddler with a Disability
Intellectual Disability
Multiple Disabilities
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Additional Educator Resources
- Adapted Physical Education (APE)
- Behavior
- Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR)
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Students with Disabilities
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Instructional Accommodations
- Instructional Standards
- Literacy and Students with a Disability
- Mental Health
- Multilingual Learners
- Preschool Special Education / Child Find
- Secondary Transition
- Special Education Guidance Documents
- Significant Support Needs (SSN)
- Technical Assistance Documents
Other CDE/State Links:
- ECEA Eligibility Categories Training
- Family, School and Community Resources and Support for supporting parents and children with disabilities
- Medicaid Extended School Health (MESH) Program
- Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS):
- SWAAAC: State Wide Assistive Technology, Augmentative Alternative Communication
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