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Parent Training and Information Program: Multiple Disabilities
Parent Training and Information Program: Multiple Disabilities
TASH
(Center for Community Support)
2206 Queen Anne Ave. N # 204
Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 285-9255
Client Assistance Program (CAP)
Call 1-800-544-2121 (v/tdd) for information and office nearest
you. Provides assistance for clients
of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Protection and Advocacy
1-800-562-2702
For information and referral
Parent Training
and
Information Program
Children and youth with disabilities have the right
to a free appropriate public education.
IDEA 2004
Multiple
Disabilities
School programs
A student is considered to have multiple disabilities when two or more disabling conditions are
present. Each condition qualifies a student for special
education and the assessments show the needs will
not be met in programs for only one of the disabling
conditions.
There is no single or set group of characteristics of students who have multiple disabilities. The
degree of severity for each disabling condition varies
greatly for each individual.
Students can have: