OSAT Mild-Moderate Disabilities All Possible Questions and Answers with complete solution

Autism - Answer A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and non-verbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects educational performance. Deafness - Answer A hearing impairment which is so severe that a child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, which adversely affects educational performance. Deaf-Blindness - Answer Simultaneous hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational problems that a child cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness. Hearing Impairment - Answer An impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, which adversely affects a child's educational performance but which is not included under the definition of "deafness." Intellectual Disability (formerly known as Mental Retardation) - Answer Significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, which adversely affects a child's educational performance. Multiple Disabilities - Answer Simultaneous impairments (combination of two or more), the combination of which causes such severe educational problems that the child cannot be accommodated in a special education program solely for one of the impairments, excluding children with deaf-blindness. Orthopedic Impairment - Answer A severe impairment which adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term includes impairments caused by a congenital anomaly (e.g. clubfoot, absence of limb, etc.), impairments causes by disease (e.g. poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis, etc.), and impairments from other causes (e.g. cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures or burns which causes contractures). Other Health Impairment - Answer Having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, due to chronic or acute health problems, such as a heart condition, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, epilepsy, lead poisoning, leukemia, or diabetes, which adversely affects a child's educational performance. Note: Office of Special Education and RehabilitativeServices clarified definition 09/16/1991 to include children with attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD). Serious Emotional Disturbance - Answer A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over an extended period of time and to a marked degree, which adversely affects educational performance: a) an inability to learn which cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors; b) an inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers; c) inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances; d) a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; e) a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. The term includes children who have schizophrenia, but does not include children who are socially maladjusted, unless it is determined that they have a serious emotional disturbance.