U.S. Table 10
Children Age 6 to 21 with Disabilities Served under Chapter 1 and The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, Part B), 1993-94
| Total for All Disabilities = 4,775,534 = 100% | |
| CHILDREN SERVED | |
| Specific learning disabilities | 2,438,147 |
| Speech or language impairments | 1,007,575 |
| Mental retardation | 552,703 |
| Serious emotional disturbance | 413,691 |
| Hearing impairments | 64,110 |
| Orthopedic impairments | 56,555 |
| Visual impairments | 24,873 |
| Deaf-blindness | 1,315 |
| Autism | 18,893 |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | 5,291 |
| Other health impairments | 83,178 |
| Multiple disabilities | 109,203 |
NOTE: These figures represent totals for 50 states plus DC plus Puerto Rico. Total for all disabilities may be used to compute percentages (e.g., 1,007,575/4,775,534 = 0.211 = 21.1 percent of total children with disabilities (age 6 to 21) who had speech or language impairments).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.