Disability Comparison
Part 1
For this section of the template, focus on gathering details about the IDEA disability categories. Review the textbook and the topic
study materials and use them to complete the chart. Note that “Autism” has been completed for you as an example.
Common Potential Effect
Definition Characteristics Causes Prevalence
Disabilities/Disorders on Learning
Autism Autism is a - Difficulty The causes of Autism is one of Difficulty with
developmental communicating and autism are not the fastest written
disability that interpreting motives clear but has growing expression.
affects and cues of others something to do disabilities. Reading
communication - Not comfortable with with brain Prevalence has comprehension,
(verbal and change development changed to 1 in 68 math problem
nonverbal) and - Poor social skills before birth. children in U.S. solving, fine and
social skills. - May engage in the (Autism Society, gross motor skills
same activity over and 2016, para. 2) may also be
over (SARRC, n.d.) affected, over and
under selective
attention.
Deaf-Blind people who have -simultaneous loss of it is associated People who are causes isolation,
severe hearing hearing and with premature deafblind, who which has an
loss as well as vision, birth make up 0.2% to impact on a child's
visual loss, which -needing unique 2% of the learning and
has a major teaching and population. development and
influence on daily communication causes them to
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, tasks like as strategies. form inaccurate or
communication incomplete
and information conceptions of the
access. world around
them
Deafness The state of not 1) speech and other injury to the head 34 million All areas of
being able to hear sounds being or ears. children scholastic
or hearing with muffled. loud sounds worldwide suffer accomplishment
difficulty. 2) difficulties and/or noises. from deafness or are tough for kids
interpreting Ototoxic hearing loss, with with hearing loss,
speech, medications. 60% of those but reading and
particularly in instances being math are
noisy or crowded the result of particularly
environments. avoidable causes. challenging.
3) Having difficulty
pronouncing the
non-vowel
alphabetic letters.
4) Asking people to
talk louder,
clearer, and more
slowly is a
common practice.
Developmental Delay Describes a kid delays in Premature birth, Global It impact the
that develops later sitting up, poisoning with developmental child’s ability to
than average in crawling, lead, trauma, and delay (GDD) is interact with
one or more walking, and illnesses (from thought to affect others and to learn
domains, such as rolling over. stroke to 1% to 3% of
cognitive, difficulty using persistent ear children under the
physical, fine motor infections) age of five
communicative, abilities. worldwide.
social, emotional, difficulty
or adaptive skills. comprehending
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Part 1
For this section of the template, focus on gathering details about the IDEA disability categories. Review the textbook and the topic
study materials and use them to complete the chart. Note that “Autism” has been completed for you as an example.
Common Potential Effect
Definition Characteristics Causes Prevalence
Disabilities/Disorders on Learning
Autism Autism is a - Difficulty The causes of Autism is one of Difficulty with
developmental communicating and autism are not the fastest written
disability that interpreting motives clear but has growing expression.
affects and cues of others something to do disabilities. Reading
communication - Not comfortable with with brain Prevalence has comprehension,
(verbal and change development changed to 1 in 68 math problem
nonverbal) and - Poor social skills before birth. children in U.S. solving, fine and
social skills. - May engage in the (Autism Society, gross motor skills
same activity over and 2016, para. 2) may also be
over (SARRC, n.d.) affected, over and
under selective
attention.
Deaf-Blind people who have -simultaneous loss of it is associated People who are causes isolation,
severe hearing hearing and with premature deafblind, who which has an
loss as well as vision, birth make up 0.2% to impact on a child's
visual loss, which -needing unique 2% of the learning and
has a major teaching and population. development and
influence on daily communication causes them to
© 2023. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
, tasks like as strategies. form inaccurate or
communication incomplete
and information conceptions of the
access. world around
them
Deafness The state of not 1) speech and other injury to the head 34 million All areas of
being able to hear sounds being or ears. children scholastic
or hearing with muffled. loud sounds worldwide suffer accomplishment
difficulty. 2) difficulties and/or noises. from deafness or are tough for kids
interpreting Ototoxic hearing loss, with with hearing loss,
speech, medications. 60% of those but reading and
particularly in instances being math are
noisy or crowded the result of particularly
environments. avoidable causes. challenging.
3) Having difficulty
pronouncing the
non-vowel
alphabetic letters.
4) Asking people to
talk louder,
clearer, and more
slowly is a
common practice.
Developmental Delay Describes a kid delays in Premature birth, Global It impact the
that develops later sitting up, poisoning with developmental child’s ability to
than average in crawling, lead, trauma, and delay (GDD) is interact with
one or more walking, and illnesses (from thought to affect others and to learn
domains, such as rolling over. stroke to 1% to 3% of
cognitive, difficulty using persistent ear children under the
physical, fine motor infections) age of five
communicative, abilities. worldwide.
social, emotional, difficulty
or adaptive skills. comprehending
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