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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From Wrights Law:  Speech or language impairment.  Disability category under IDEA; includes [b]communication disorders[/b], language impairments, voice impairments that adversely educational performance. - See more at: http://www.wrightslaw.com/links/glossary.sped.legal.htm#sthash.tJ3gdCIv.dpuf

From the Dept. of Ed
"Speech or language impairment means a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment, that adversely affects a child's educational performance."
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,regs,300,A,300%252E8,

MERLD was never a language impairment when it existed in the DSM.   Your kids have communication disorders and you don't even know it.  Ignorance is bliss.[/quote]

Doesn't that Dept of Ed quote say a language impairment is a communication disorder such as a language impairment that adversely affects educational performance?  Not very helpful.  As language is a major way of communicating it is not surprising that a language impairment could be viewed as a communication disorder.  And the old MERLD was definitely a language disorder.[/quote]

I don't know what that PP is talking about. MERLD falls under speech/language.

http://www.understandingspecialeducation.com/13-categories-of-special-education.html

There are 13 categories of special education as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  In order to qualify for special education, the IEP team must determine that a child has one of the following:

Autism
    Blindness
    Deafness
    Emotional Disturbance
    Hearing Impairment
    Intellectual Disability
    Multiple Disabilities
    Orthopedic Impairment
    Other Health Impaired
    Specific Learning Disability
  [b]   Speech or Language Impairment[/b]
    Traumatic Brain Injury
    Visual Impairment
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