*Specific Learning Disability (ie: dyslexia)

*Other Health Impairment (ie: diabetes)

*Autism Spectrum Disorder

*Emotional Disturbance (ie: schizophrenia)

*Speech or Language Impairment (ie: stuttering) 

*Visual Impairment/Blindness

*Hearing Impairment

*Deaf-Blindness (this is ONE disability and would not solely count as an MD on it’s own).

*Orthopedic Impairment (ie: cerebral palsy)

*Intellectual Disability 

*Traumatic Brain Injury 

*mobility issues

*limited communication

*difficulty with memory

*problems with generalization or transferring learned information across different categories of life: school/home

*need for support in multiple areas of life
*need for medical support base outside of standard care from a general physician

 

A student who has an MD diagnosis may require seating accommodations that allow better access to visuals such as being seated closer to the board, handouts may need to be adapted with a larger font or writing lines, or the student may require access to their environment by using braille, having someone read to them or write for them due to visual impairment or blindness. They may also require assistive hearing devices such as hearing aids, or a headset that is attached to a microphone that the teacher can use to amplify his/her voice during lessons. This will give the student with hearing impairment access to audible information. A person on the Autism Spectrum may need the freedom to move about or stand during lessons. At times, the student with Autism may also benefit from having a different type of seat, noise-canceling earphones, a fidget device, a speech device, a visible calendar, or may need breaks periodically that can be implemented so that it benefits the whole class.