Disability | Number of Students | As a
Percentage of Students with Disabilities |
Specific Learning Disabilities |
2,369,385 |
51 |
Speech or language impairments |
1,000,154 |
22 |
Mental retardation |
533,715 |
12 |
Serious Emotional Disturbance |
402,668 |
9 |
Multiple Disabilities |
103,215 |
2 |
Hearing Impairments |
60,896 |
1 |
Orthopedic Impairments |
522,921 |
1 |
Other health impairments |
66,054 |
1 |
Visual impairments |
23,811 |
<1 |
Autism |
15,527 |
<1 |
Deaf-blindness |
1,425 |
<1 |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
3,903 |
<1 |
Total |
5,103,674 |
100 |
(Source: Sixteenth Annual Report to Congress)