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