Glossery of Disabilities

NYS Educational Department: List of special education
definitions 

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/lawsregs/sect2001.htm 

Scroll down the NYS page to find to following definitions of
disabilities as well other related terms. 
 
(1) Autism
(2)Deafness
(3) Deaf-blindness 
(4) Emotional disturbance 
(5) Hearing impairment 
(6) Learning disability 
(7) Intellectual disability 
(8) Multiple disabilities 
(9) Orthopedic impairment 
(10) Other health-impairment 
(11) Speech or language impairment 
(12) Traumatic brain injury
(13) Visual impairment