OSAT Mild-Moderate Disabilities questions with correct answers

Autism CORRECT 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 CORRECT 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 CORRECT 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 CORRECT 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) CORRECT 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.