State and federal regulations have been established to define children with exceptionalities. “Exceptional children” means children with disabilities and children identified as gifted.
Exceptionality categories include:
- Autism
- Blindness/Visual Impairment
- Deaf – Blindness
- Developmental Delay
- Emotional Disturbance
- Gifted
- Hearing Impairment/Deafness
- Intellectual Disability
- Learning Disability
- Multiple Disabilities
- Orthopedic impairment
- Other Health Impairment
- Speech or Language Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury