EDUC230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Schizophrenia, Autism Speaks, Hearing Loss
25 Oct 2017
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Students with severe / profound or multiple disabilities (cont. ) Students with dual sensory impairments: example: blind- deaf -- very challenging to test / assess, about 6,000 students with dual sensory impairments in u. s. schools -- very small population. Most students characterized as having a severe disability have id and/or asd as the primary condition: these students used to be easier to define -- they were the first ones excluded from school. Children labeled with a severe disability may be diagnosed with. Severe / profound id: autism spectrum disorder. Schizophrenia: mental health and disability are usually separate -- some people group them together, cerebral palsy, can be mild, deaf - blind, other multiple disability combinations, spina bifida and blind, cerebral palsy and deaf, so many combinations! Idea: does not include severe disabilities as a category, but does include multiple disabilities, id, autism, and deafness / blindness.
