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Table AA8

Number of Children Served Under IDEA, Part B and Chapter 1

of ESEA (SOP) by Disability and Age

During the 1993-94 School Year

UNDER
1 YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEARS 3 YEARS 4 YEARS 5 YEARS 6 YEARS 7 YEARS 8 YEARS
DISABILITY OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD
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SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES . . . . . . 35,800 91,307 162,970
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS . . . . . . 198,304 203,777 183,378
MENTAL RETARDATION . . . . . . 22,256 31,099 38,111
SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE . . . . . . 8,376 14,729 21,713
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES . . . . . . 9,004 9,224 9,602
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS . . . . . . 4,452 4,847 5,273
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS . . . . . . 5,413 5,605 5,578
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS . . . . . . 5,353 6,940 8,031
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS . . . . . . 1,556 1,800 1,927
AUTISM . . . . . . 2,084 2,024 2,040
DEAF-BLINDNESS . . . . . . 100 99 105
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY . . . . . . 253 296 338
ALL DISABILITIES 16,716 33,305 43,566 98,092 167,736 227,597 292,951 371,747 439,066

9 YEARS 10 YEARS 11 YEARS 12 YEARS 13 YEARS 14 YEARS 15 YEARS 16 YEARS 17 YEARS

DISABILITY OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD
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SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES 219,045 250,419 261,412 258,475 253,283 237,473 212,950 189,323 149,898
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS 142,119 101,595 66,066 39,870 26,389 17,257 11,492 8,644 6,077
MENTAL RETARDATION 40,640 43,094 45,703 46,069 47,862 47,831 45,762 43,542 37,844
SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE 27,234 32,157 36,710 40,411 44,956 46,995 46,412 41,727 30,182
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES 9,309 9,056 8,887 8,177 7,757 7,270 6,828 6,474 5,580
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS 5,343 5,436 5,581 5,392 5,337 4,897 4,802 4,432 4,001
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS 5,197 4,932 4,657 4,174 3,901 3,734 3,477 3,237 2,824
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS 7,881 7,724 7,464 6,592 6,596 6,424 5,939 5,803 4,759
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS 2,169 2,173 2,116 2,017 2,051 1,981 1,904 1,840 1,665
AUTISM 1,824 1,643 1,455 1,160 1,085 1,032 935 807 756
DEAF-BLINDNESS 92 90 82 114 119 98 89 92 71
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 362 399 407 384 436 393 439 436 440
ALL DISABILITIES 461,215 458,718 440,540 412,835 399,772 375,385 341,029 306,357 244,097

18 YEARS 19 YEARS 20 YEARS 21 YEARS 22 YEARS

DISABILITY OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD
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SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES 91,362 23,643 5,233 1,427 435
SPEECH OR LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS 3,070 896 310 135 37
MENTAL RETARDATION 30,319 16,969 11,205 5,686 2,506
SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE 15,251 4,960 1,815 651 170
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES 4,632 3,534 2,830 1,582 398
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS 2,778 1,062 441 175 31
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENTS 1,853 1,036 602 396 142
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS 2,388 856 367 162 13
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS 971 430 241 94 31
AUTISM 757 612 432 257 165
DEAF-BLINDNESS 73 73 48 27 3
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 372 188 103 49 0
ALL DISABILITIES 153,826 54,259 23,627 10,641 3,931

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PLEASE SEE DATA NOTES FOR AN EXPLANATION OF INDIVIDUAL STATE DIFFERENCES.

DATA AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1994.

SOURCE: AR_AA8.SFW

A-12 17TH ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS : APPENDIX A