Matching Pairs SPED in IDEAOnline version Use language from each description to match it with its federally-designated disability term. by Sarah L. Russ 1 A significant physical limitation that impairs the ability to move or complete motor activities. 2 A medical condition denoting a serious brain injury that occurs as a result of accident or injury; potentially affecting learning, behavior, social skills, and language. 3 A disorder characterized by extraordinary difficulty in social responsiveness; this disability occurs in many different forms and may be mild or significant. 4 A partial or complete loss of vision. 5 the simultaneous presence of two or more disabilities such that none can be identified as primary. 6 A partial or complete loss of hearing. 7 Significant problems in the social-emotional area to a degree that learning is negatively affected 8 A disorder related to processing information that lads to difficulties in reading, writing, and computing. 9 Significant limitations in intellectual ability and adaptive behavior; occurs in a range of severity. 10 a disease or health disorder so significant that it negatively affects learning; examples include cancer, sickle-cell anemia, and diabetes. 11 A disorder related to accurately producing the sounds of language or meaningfully using language to communicate. 12 A simultaneous significant hearing loss and significant vision loss. 13 a nonspecific disability category that states may choose to use as an alternative to specific disability labels for students up to age 9. Visual Impairment (VI) traumatic brain injury (tbi) Intellectual Disability (ID) multiple disabilities developmental delay (dd) Emotional Disturbance (ED) Speech or Language Impairment (SLI) Orthopedic Impairment (OI) Hearing Impairment (HI) Autism Learning Disability Deaf-Blindness other health impairment (ohi)