IDEA (The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) is federal
law that requires schools to provide special education and treatment to
children with special needs. To receive special educations, children must be “adversely
affected” by 13 conditions: specific
learning disability (SLD), autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, emotional
disturbance, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities,
orthopedic impairment, other health impairment (including ADHD), speech or
language impairment, traumatic brain injury and visual impairment, including
blindness.
