Disability Comparison Template

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 Disability Comparison Template
Part 1
For this section of the template, focus on gathering details about the IDEA disability categories. Review the textbook and the topic
study materials and use them to complete the chart. Note that “Autism” has been completed for you as an example.

Disability Potential Effect on

Definition Characteristics Causes Prevalence
Category Learning
Autism Autism is a -Difficulty The causes of Autism is one of Difficulty with
developmental communicating and autism are not the fastest growing written expression.
disability that interpreting motives clear, but has disabilities. Reading
affects and cues of others something to do Prevalence has comprehension,
communication -Not comfortable with brain changed to 1 in 68 math problem
(verbal and with change development before children in U.S. solving, fine and
nonverbal) and -Poor social skills birth. (Autism Society, gross motor skills
social skills. -May engage in the 2016, para. 2) may also be
same activity over affected, over and
and over (SARRC, under selective
n.d.) attention
Deaf-Blind A combination of -Children have Prematurity and 2% of the world Since children have
visual and hearing trouble processing child birth population struggle limited sensory
impairments that information, complications are with a mild form of channel, it is
causes severe issues communicating, causes. It can also deaf-blindness important for a
in development and interacting with occur while a program to be
(Center for Parent other people. person is older if it highly developed to
Information and - They use their is inherited or get a the student’s needs
Resources, 2019). fingers as a way to brain injury. (Deaf-blindness
feel around them and Overview, n.d.).
try to

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 understand what is
happening (Deaf-
blindness
Overview, n.d.).
Deafness Hearing -A child may have A part of the ear Students struggle
impairments that issues completing could have been Department of with reading,
are extremely hearing tests. affected during Education in the U.S understanding
severed. Child - A child may not early childhood estimates language,
cannot hear any react when stages or at another that .10% of skills, and even
language (Center someone is life’s part. students between math skills. They
for Parent speaking to them. 6 to 21 ages are deaf tend to learn at
Information and (Hallahan et al., or slower paces, and
Resources, 2019). 2019). hard of hearing can be considered
(Hallahan et al., behind for their
2019). age.
Developmental It is delay in -Problem Causes can include Developmental Students may not
Delay communication remembering genetics, heredity, delays can occur in know how to
physical, things. trauma to the brain, 10-15% of children, express themselves.
Cognitive, - Difficulty severe psychosocial especially at a They tend to not
Behavioral and socializing and trauma, exposure to younger age pay attention, and
social communicating substance from have trouble
development with others. early ages, and focusing. They also
(Center for Parent -Developing slower deprivation of food struggle with
Information and than other people and environment solving problems.
Resources, 2019). who are the same (Developmental
age. Delay, n.d.).
-Difficulty with
problem solving.
Emotional Struggling with Children may be Heredity, mental The CDC states Students may have
Disturbance learning or focusing hyperactive, show illnesses, brain that approximately certain outbursts,
on something aggression, and disorders, family 8.3 million children they may struggle
because of feelings withdrawal from history, diet, and have parents who with forming
of fear, depression, situations. stress can all cause have expressed relationships, and

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 inability to emotional concerns over expressing their
maintain disturbances having children feelings.
relationships, and (NICHCY who deal with
dealing with Disability Fact emotional
inappropriate Sheet, 2010). disturbances
behaviors (Center (NICHCY
for Parent Disability Fact
Information and Sheet, 2010).
Resources, 2019).
Hearing Child struggles Children tend to Heredity, childhood More than 5% of Students may
Impairment with hearing but it have a delay in trauma, being the population may require different
is not as severe as speech. They may exposed to loud experience or deal services to be able
deafness. It could not respond or react noises, and buildup with a hearing to learn.
come and go to situations. fluid in the ear can impairment. They may need for
(Center for Parent (Hallahan et al., be causes. guidance, but can
Information and 2019). typically, still
Resources, 2019). perform
academically
Intellectual Occurs during a Children tend to Causes include An estimate of 6.5 Children will need
Disability child’s have trouble with problems during million people in a specialized
development and it problem solving. pregnancy, during the U.S instruction since
means that the child They may be child birth, and have an intellectual they learn and adapt
doesn’t meet the delayed in walking, heredity disability. differently. They
average intellectual talking, and also need help
functioning (Center speaking. communicating
for Parent (Hallahan et al., with others
Information and 2019).
Resources, 2019).
Multiple Multiple There are different Causes can include The It’s important to
Disabilities impairments that characteristics birth complications, Department of know what
cause a person to depending on the heredity, trauma to Education in the U.S disabilities a
need severe type of disability the brain, issues in estimates student is dealing
educational help that a person development, and that 2% of students in with. This will

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 (Center for Parent struggles with. issues during special education allow the educator
Information and They usually need a pregnancy. deal with multiple to understand what
Resources, 2019). lot of guidance disabilities. educational needs
since dealing with the student requires.
multiple issues. The student may
require a specific
instruction, help
taking care of
themselves, and
help doing basic
tasks.
Orthopedic Having severe A person can have Causes can include The Students usually
Impairment orthopedic Neuromotor amputation, injury, Department of have the same
impairment because impairments and burns, birth trauma, Education in the U.S cognitive abilities
of diseases, muscle skeleton diseases, cerebral states as other students.
fractures, burns, disorders. palsy, and fractures that 1% of students They may need
etc. (Center for (Logsdon, 2020). in special education physical
Parent Information have an orthopedic accommodation and
and Resources, impairment. support (Logsdon,
2019). 2020).
Other Health Students may deal Limited strength Heredity, prenatal The U.S Students may
Impairment with limited can be caused by problems, and Department of struggle with their
strength, vitality, or asthma, ADHD, seizures are all Education states emotions, they may
alertness because of diabetes, and other causes. that 12% of need extra support
a health condition chronic health students in special to take their
(Center for Parent problems (Center education deal with medications, and
Information and for Parent other health they may need
Resources, 2019). Information and impairments specialized
Resources, 2019). services.
Specific Learning A disorder which Students may Heredity, parent’s The DSM-5 states Students will need
Disability deals with struggle with consumption of that 5-15% of an IEP specialized for
psychological listening, speaking, drugs and alcohol students deal with their needs.
processes involved reading and writing while pregnant, and specific learning They may also need

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 in understanding (Center for Parent environmental disability. assistive
and using language Information and factors are all technology.
not being used Resources, 2019). causes.
(Center for Parent
Information and
Resources, 2019).
Speech or It is a disorder Children may Causes can include Younger children Students will need
Language associated with struggle with hearing loss, brain tend to have the speech language
Impairment communication stuttering, language injury, intellectual highest impact in pathology in their
which may impairment, disabilities, and language and education.
language impaired drug use. speech
impairment or articulation, and impairment.
stuttering (Center voice impairment
for Parent Center for Parent
Information and Information and
Resources, 2019). Resources, 2019).
Traumatic Brain It is a brain Injury Children may deal Head injury, being According to the Students will need a
Injury caused by hitting the with functional abused, or head CDC, there was lot of support in
head hardly disabilities or shaken violently 61,000 deaths their education
(Center for Parent psychosocial during early ages. associated with when they
Information and impairment. traumatic brain experience a brain
Resources, 2019). (Center for Parent injury in 2019. injury traumatically
Information and
Resources, 2019
Visual It is a vision Pupils may seem Different causes of 6% of students in Learners who are
Impairment impairment which unusual, eyes don’t visual impairment schools are likely to blind have to rely
Including Blindness and move together, and deal with how have it on their senses so as
Blindness includes partial a student may be severe the impact to learn. They
sight cross-eyed. is. Eyes can be may also require
affected as well. assistive
technology

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Part 2
For this section of the template, focus on gathering details about common, specific learning disabilities. These disabilities fall under
the IDEA disability categories you researched for the chart above. Review the textbook and the topic study materials and use them to
complete the chart.
Learning Potential Effect on
Definition Characteristics Causes Prevalence
Disability Learning
Attention Deficit Most common Children struggle Exact cause is not According to CDC Students may
Hyperactivity neurodevelopmental with staying ok clear but research (2016) 6.1 million receive different
Disorder (ADHD) disability found in task, they may be has shown a link children ranging services since they
children (CDC, overactive, have between heredity, between 2-17 years struggle with
2020). trouble paying environment have ADHD focusing and
attention, and have factors, and staying on task
trouble controlling problems associated
their behavior with central
(CDC, 2020). nervous system
Auditory Hearing problem Children have Cause can be Affects 3-5% of As kids grow
Processing where brain and difficulties in unknown but it has school aged up,their listening
Disorder (APD) ears don’t paying attention been shown that children. skills will develop
coordinate (Riegner and easily head trauma, better. Therapy and
et al., 2021). distracted. If seizures, lead different strategies
parents think that poisoning, and ear can help children
children have infections can be process sounds
trouble processing causes (Riegner et
sounds, they should al., 2021
get it checked.
Dyscalculia Difficulty with Children may Heredity and 3 to 6% of the Early intervention
math (CDC, 2019) struggle with environment factors population are and having a

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 identifying what can be a cause affected by specialized
left to right is. They (Plessis, 2021). Dyscalculia instruction for
may not understand (Plessis, 2021). children may be
patterns and the helpful
concept of time
(CDC, 2019).
Dysgraphia Difficulty with Children may Cause is unknown, 5 to 20% of Having a note-taker
writing (CDC, struggle with but a traumatic children have a in the classroom,
2019). identifying what experience can form of dysgraphia. occupational
left to right is. They trigger it (Roland, therapy, using
may not understand 2018). computers for
patterns and the writing, and having
concept of time extra time to
(CDC, 2019). complete
assignments are all
ways to help
Dyslexia It is condition that Symptoms vary but Genes and heredity, Experts are Can cause
makes it difficult to signs can include brain anatomy and believing that 5 to difficulty in reading
read trouble decoding activity 10 percent of comprehension,
words and trouble people have it spelling, writing
with phonemic (understood.org) and math
awareness
Dysphasia/Aphasia Dysphasia is a Persons may have It is caused by brain In 2015,NIDCD Learners have
condition that difficulties damage, tumors, found out that 1 in difficulties in
disturbs the ability comprehending or head injuries and every 250 are living understanding
of human being to using speech infections with dysphasia spoken language
produce as well as depending on the and comprehension
understanding severity and in reading
spoken language. location of brain
Aphasia is more damage.
severe and in most
cases involves total
loss compression

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Dyspraxia A neurological Persons with this There is believe by 10% of persons Completing and
disorder that affects kind of disorder the expert that the have degree of planning gross and
the person’s have often have individual’s nerve dyspraxia. At least fine motor tasks is
capability to language problems cells that control 2% have dyspraxia very difficult
process and plan and sometimes muscles are severely.
motor tasks difficulty in incorrectly
perception and developed.
thought.
Language Impairment that Children have The exact known is 5% children in the Problems
Processing negatively impacts attention deficits, not known. U.S are yearly understanding
Disorder (LPD) communication problems rhyming diagnosed with this spoken language
through spoken in tender age, kind of disorder both in written
language problems following form
directions,
performance on
consistency and
difficulty in reading
Non-Verbal Disorder affecting Trouble in Exact cause is It ranges between Children are likely
Learning the capability in understanding big unknown but it is 3% and 4% to be awkward
Disabilities learning and using pictures believed to be a socially
nonverbal Difficulty in developmental Problems in
information. reading math and disorder associated understanding
comprehension as with the part of the effect and cause
well as implied brain that relationships as
meaning incorporates well as anticipating
information from consequences.
many senses at the
same time
Visual Disorder impacting Individuals are Premature birth, An estimate of 25% Children have
Perceptual/Visual the ability of the unable to copy low birth weight are affected with problems in
Motor Deficit child to down information and hurtful brain visual perceptual remembering the
comprehend accurately , damage difficulties overall visual

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information the complaining eye appearance of
visually see. itchiness and pain words or the
frequently, arrangement of
problems in words .
navigating writing
areas

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 Bibliography
Colker, R. (2013). Disabled education : a critical analysis of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. New York: New York
University Press.
Turnbull, H., Huerta, N., Stowe, M., Weldon, L. & Schrandt, S. (2009). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as amended
in 2004. Boston, Mass: Pearson

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