Deaf-blindness”
“Deaf-blindness”
means 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”
means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the
child is impaired in processing linguistic information through
hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects the
child’s educational performance.
“Destruction of information”
means physical destruction or removal
of personal identifiers from information so that the information is
no longer personally identifiable.
“Developmental delay”
means a disability affecting a child ages two
by September 30 through six, inclusive
1. (i) Who is experiencing developmental delays, as measured
by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures, in
one or more of the following areas: physical development,
cognitive development, communication development, social
or emotional development, or adaptive development, or (ii)
who has an established physical or mental condition that has
a high probability of resulting in developmental delay;
2. The delay(s) is not primarily a result of cultural factors,
environmental or economic disadvantage, or limited English
proficiency; and
3. The presence of one or more documented characteristics of
the delay has an adverse affect on educational performance
and makes it necessary for the student to have specially
designed instruction to access
general educational activities for this age group.
