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Autism - ️️Developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and non verbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child's education performance. Characteristics of Austism - ️️Engaging in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, and unusual responses to sensory experiences. (Autism does NOT apply if the child has an emotional disturbance) Deaf-Blindness - ️️Simultaneous hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness. Deafness - ️️a hearing impairment so severe that a child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. Developmental delay - ️️for children from birth to age three (under IDEA) and children from ages 3 to 9, the term developmental delay, as defined by each state, means a delay in one or more of the following areas: physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional, or adaptive (behavioral) development. Emotional Disturbance - ️️A condition exhibiting one of more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child's educational performance: (a) inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors (b) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers