Administrative Code, Title V, identifies the following qualifying disabilities:
I. PHYSICAL DISABILITY: a visual, mobility, orthopedic or other health impairment.
A. Visual impairment means a total or partial loss of sight.
B. Mobility and Orthopedic disability means a serious limitation in ambulatory or motor functions.
II. COMMUNICATION DISABILITY: an impairment in the process of speech, language or hearing.
A. Hearing impairment means a total or partial loss of hearing function which impedes the
communication process essential to language, educational, social and/or cultural interaction.
B. Speech and language impairments mean one or more speech/language disorders of voice,
articulation, rhythm and/or the receptive and expressive processes of language.
III.
LEARNING DISABILITY: a persistent condition of presumed neurological dysfunction which may exist
with other disabling conditions. This dysfunction continues despite instruction in standard classroom situations.
To be categorized as Learning Disabled, a student must exhibit:
A. Average to above average intellectual ability.
B. Severe processing deficit(s).
C. Severe aptitude-achievement discrepancy(ies).
D. Measured achievement in an instructional or employment setting.
IV.
ACQUIRED BRAIN IMPAIRMENT: a verified deficit in brain function which results in a total or partial
loss of cognitive, communication, motor, psychosocial and/or sensory perceptual abilities.
V.
DEVLOPMENTALLY DELAYED LEARNER: a student who exhibits the following:
A. Below average intellectual functioning, and
B. Potential for measurable achievement in instructional/employment setting.
VI.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISABILITY: a persistent psychological or psychiatric disorder,
or emotional or mental illness.
A. For the purposes of this subchapter, the following are not psychological disabilities:
1. Transvestitism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders
not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders.
2. Compulsive gaming, kleptomania or pyromania, and
3. Psychoactive substance abuse disorders resulting from current illegal drug use.