Question | Answer |
10 types of exceptionalities | Autism, Emotional Disturbance/Behavioral Disorder, Hearing Impairment, Mental Retardation, Orthopedic Impairment, Other Health Impairment, Specific Learning Disability, Speech/Language Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Visual Impairment |
Impaired social development reacting to objects and people in unusual manners, observed difficult behaviors, communication and language deficits, and limited intellectual functioning and unusual responses to stimuli. | Autism |
Atypical emotional health, unable to form positive relationships, skewed internalized and externalized behaviors, and disruptive behavior. | Emotional Disturbance/Behavioral Disorder |
Difficulties processing and communicating using spoken language, difficulties in social relationships, emotional immaturity, academically delayed | Hearing Impairment |
Unable to adapt, cognitive delays, difficulties with memory, unable to solve problems, lacking in social skills, unable to generalize, and difficulties maintaining focused attention. | Mental Retardation |
Physical impairments such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and spina bifida that require devices and equipment to adapt. | Orthopedic Impairment |
Medical conditions limiting strength, vitality and alertness, like diabetes, epilepsy, attention deficits, and diseases. | Other Health Impairments |
Demostrated difficulty with listening, reasoning, memory, attention, social skills, perception, and processing that sometimes present as problems with reading, written language, math and behavior | Specific Learning Disabilities |
Expressive and receptive language difficulties, pragmatics, fluency, voice and articulation delays. | Speech/Language Impairment |
Cognitive, memory, attention, judgment, and problem solving difficulties. Physical, sensory, social, behavioral and emotional difficulties identified. | Traumatic Brain Injury |
Language concepts underdeveloped, impaired motor development and mobility, social adjustment skills lacking and difficulties interacting within relationships. | Visual Impairment |
High verbal abilities, intellectual curiosity, sound decision-making skills, perfectionism, intiutiveness, need for mental stimulation, difficulty conforming, possessing early moral or existential conscience, and introversion. | Gifted or Talented |