International Center for Disability Information
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International Center for Disability Information |
| By Disability Type, The Percent Of Students With Disabilities Who Spend Time In Regular Classrooms, By Percent of School Day Spent In Regular Classrooms (1999). | |
| Disability Type | 80% Or More Of The School Day | 79%-40% Of The School Day |
Less Than 40% Of The School Day |
0% Of The School Day |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any Disability | 47.4% |
28.4% |
20.1% |
4.1% |
100% |
| Specific Learning Disability | 45.1% |
38.4% |
15.5% |
.9% |
100% |
| Speech Or Language Impairment | 88.5% |
6.6% |
4.5% |
.4% |
100% |
| Mental Retardation | 13.8% |
29.2% |
51.1% |
5.9% |
100% |
| Emotional Disturbance | 25.5% |
23.0% |
33.2% |
18.3% |
100% |
| Multiple Disabilities | 10.5% |
16.6% |
44.8% |
28.1% |
100% |
| Hearing Impairments | 39.6% |
18.7% |
25.3% |
16.3% |
100% |
| Orthopedic Impairments | 45.6% |
20.5% |
27.3% |
6.6% |
100% |
| Other Health Impairments | 44.3% |
33.2% |
17.2% |
5.3% |
100% |
| Visual Impairments | 49.6% |
19.4% |
16.5% |
14.5% |
100% |
| Autism | 20.3% |
13.1% |
51.1% |
15.3% |
100% |
| Deaf-Blindness | 14.1% |
9.4% |
34.8% |
41.7% |
100% |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | 31.2% |
26.3% |
29.8% |
12.7% |
100% |
Note:
Due to rounding, totals in each row may not sum exactly to 100%.
Students with disabilities are those students served under Part B of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
The U.S. Department of Education considers a Regular Classroom to include
children who receive special education services in programs designed primarily
for children without disabilities.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 22nd Annual Report to Congress on the Implication of IDEA.