A child may be found eligible for special education and related services as a child with multiple disabilities if there is an adverse effect on the child's educational performance due to documented characteristics of multiple disabilities which are described as simultaneous impairments (Such as intellectual disability with blindness, intellectual disability with orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they can not be accommodated
in special education programs solely for one of the impairments (this terms does not include deaf - blindness).
Deafblindness means concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they can not be accommodated
in special education programs solely for students with deafness or students with blindness (Utah Special Education Rules, II.J.2.
The IDEA officially defines the term as «concomitant [simultaneous] hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they can not be accommodated
in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness.»
Not exact matches
Twenty - two of the MDE - accredited schools are private schools focused
solely on serving children with
special needs, or have
special -
education programs in addition to their general curricula.