Multiple Disabilities

Multiple Disabilities Multiple disabilities means concomitant impairments (such as mental retardation-blindness, mental retardation-orthopedic impairment, etc.), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments. The term does not include deaf-blindness. (34 CFR 300.7(c)(7)) Definition "Severely Multiply Impaired" means a pupil who has severe learning and developmental problems resulting from two or more disability conditions determined by assessment under part 3525.2500. (M.R. 3525.1339) Criteria The team shall determine that a pupil is eligible as being severely multiply impaired if the pupil meets the entrance criteria for two or more of the following disabilities: A. deaf or hard of hearing; B. physically impaired; C. developmental cognitive disability: severe-profound range; D. visually impaired; E. emotional or behavioral disorders; or F. autism spectrum disorders.