Table 53. | Percentage distribution of disabled persons 6 to 21 years old receiving education services for the disabled, by age group and educational environment: United States and outlying areas: 1998-99 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Public |Private | | | | All | | | |separate|separate| Public | Private |Homebound/ Age and type of disability |environ- |Regular |Resource|Separate| school | school |residential|residential| hospital | ments |class\1\|room\2\ |class\3\|facility|facility| facility | facility | placement ______________________________________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ______________________________________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|___________ All persons, 6 to 21 years old......| 100.0 | --- | 47.7 | 28.6 | 20.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |_________|________|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|___________ Mental retardation....................| 100.0 | 13.8 | 29.2 | 51.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 Speech or language impairments........| 100.0 | 88.5 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | --- | --- | 0.1 Visual impairments....................| 100.0 | 49.6 | 19.4 | 16.5 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 Emotional disturbance......... | 100.0 | 25.5 | 23.0 | 33.2 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 Orthopedic impairments............... | 100.0 | 45.6 | 20.5 | 27.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 Other health impairments..............| 100.0 | 44.3 | 33.2 | 17.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.4 Specific learning disabilities........| 100.0 | 45.1 | 38.4 | 15.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 Deaf-blindness........................| 100.0 | 14.1 | 9.4 | 34.8 | 18.9 | 3.7 | 14.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 Multiple disabilities.................| 100.0 | 10.5 | 16.6 | 44.8 | 16.2 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.3 Hearing impairments...................| 100.0 | 39.6 | 18.7 | 25.3 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 Autism ............................. | 100.0 | 20.3 | 13.1 | 51.1 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 Traumatic brain injury ...............| 100.0 | 31.2 | 26.3 | 29.8 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.3 Developmental delay ..................| 100.0 | 41.2 | 28.8 | 28.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | --- | 0.4 ______________________________________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|___________|___________|___________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Data for 3- to 5-year-old children are not collected by disability condition beginning in 1998-99. Disability data are only reported for 6- to 21-year-old students. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (This table was prepared April 2001.)
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