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