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Special Education ​Categories
Austism
Cognitive Disability
Deaf-Blindness
​Deafness
​Developmental Delay​
​Emotional Disturbance
​Hearing Loss​
​Multiple Disabilities
​Orthopedic Impairments
Other Health Impaired​
Speech/Language Impairment​
​Specific Learning Disability
​Tramatic Brain Injury
​Vision Loss

 

 For more information regarding disability categories and South Dakota Eligibility qualifications see p. 88-172 of the SD Eligibility Guide​

​	​Eligiblity Qualifications	​	​
​​	​1. An individual must be identified as having a disability; AND	​	​
​	​2. Disability must adversely affect educational performance and demonstrate a need for services	​	​
​​	​3. The disability and affect require the need for specially designed instruction	​	​