DESE Disability Categories by sophie prevost

Autism

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:13:00 UTC

Communication

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:13:41 UTC

Developmental Delay

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:14:03 UTC

Communication

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:14:13 UTC

Intellectual

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:14:45 UTC

Neurological

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:14:55 UTC

Health

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:15:36 UTC

Sensory (hearing, vision, deaf-blind)

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:15:44 UTC

Physical

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:16:09 UTC

Specific Learning Disability

sophieprevost67 — 2023-10-01 16:16:33 UTC

Age evident

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Typically Autism is visible prior to age three

Affects

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verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction

Devices

smcintyre969 — 2023-10-26 23:07:13 UTC

Interesting: In order to assist with a neurological based disability one support can be assistive technology. The assistive technology can range from both low-tech (wooden hand) and high tech (AAC Device)

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Causes can be congenital, disease or other.

Question

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What other disabilities or challenges may present like Autism but may not actually be?

Areas of communication impairment include speech (articulation, voice), conveying, understanding, and using language

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Also called orthopedic impairment

Trial and Error

smcintyre969 — 2023-10-26 23:09:16 UTC

Interesting: In terms of application of a device multiple factors have to be considered such as the location it is being used and its level of effectiveness. This means that multiple forms of technologies (low and high tech) must be tested in order to find the optimal choice

Question

2023-10-26 23:09:29 UTC

Lately we have been seeing what seems to be an over diagnosis of Autism. It seems that many students that are coming in with diagnoses are not truly presenting with Autism. Has this been a recent known issue?

capacity to use expressive or receptive language is limited significantly

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Limited, impaired or delayed capacity to move, coordinate actions or perform physical activities.

Resources for students with communication impairments include National Aphasia Association (NAA), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), and the American Speech Language Hearing Association, among others

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Continuum of Services

smcintyre969 — 2023-10-26 23:12:15 UTC

Wonder: If a child has a neurological based disability are multiple technologies utilized somewhat frequently or are they changed as the student progresses through the grade levels?

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IF negatively affects student’s learning

darlenelm24 — 2023-10-26 23:13:32 UTC

Not being able to process new information. difficulty to acquire/ organize learn and retrieve information learned from memory. Most children with an intellectual disability can learn to do many things it just takes more time and effort.

types of impairments could include stuttering, deafness

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limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to chronic health problems; and

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an educational performance that is negatively affected as a result.

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Development delay is categorized under IDEA Part C for children birth-three years old and IDEA Part B for children three to nine years old. A development delay is define by each state as having a delay in one or more of the following areas: physical development; cognitive development; communication; social or emotional development; or adaptive [behavioral] development; and/or self-help skills. Wonder: how is development delay categorized for children nine years old+?

2023-10-26 23:15:15 UTC

Development delay is categorized under IDEA Part C for children birth to three years old and IDEA Part B for children three to nine years old.

A development delay is defined by each state as having a delay in one or more of the following areas: physical development; cognitive development; communication; social or emotional development; or adaptive [behavioral] development; and/or self-help skills.

Wonder: how is development delay categorized for children nine years old+?

darlenelm24 — 2023-10-26 23:16:02 UTC

Intellectual disabilities affect learning support are needed in the classroom. For example, instruction personnel, equipment, or other accommodations

Many children with intellectual disabilities need help with adaptive skills, which are skills needed to live, work, and play in the community.

Chronic or acute health problem such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, and Tourette syndrome can bring difficulties to the child performance in school

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Intellectual

Affect the cognitive: tasks, problem solving.

Signs: Learning in slower rates, desorganization.

Behavior: difficult and hard to addapt

Hard to understand abstract concepts.

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Interesting: Includes different parts of the brain that effect listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, and math.

It includes dyslexia and developmental aphasia and brain injuries.

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Wonder: If the brain is the key sign of a specific learning disability then if economic has been shown that it can effect the brain then why is economic disadvantage not included in specific learning disability.

Hearing impairment is the capacity to hear whether permanent or fluctuating

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I wonder: What if amplifications aren't needed,sensory to loud noises causes aggression (thinking from my BT perspective)

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Interesting: What is not included is visual , hearing, motor disability, intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, environmental, cultural or economic disadvantage

vision impairment including blindness is when, after correction adversely affects a child’s educational performance

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I wonder: What are the requirements/ limitations for partial sights?

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