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Severe Disabilities

Scope Note: 
Extreme disabilities that make functioning and achievement unusually difficult -- generally, rehabilitation services must go beyond those provided by traditional regular or special education programs
Category: Disabilities
Broader Terms
Disabilities
Narrower Terms
Psychosis
Severe Intellectual Disability
Use this term instead of
Profound Disabilities
Severely Handicapped (1975 1980)
Related Terms
Deaf Blind
Institutionalized Persons
Mild Disabilities
Multiple Disabilities
Severity (of Disability)
Added to ERIC: 3/5/1980