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Table 51. Percentage distribution of disabled students 6 to 21 years old receiving education services for the disabled, by educational environment and type of disability: Fall 1989 through fall 2004
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                               |        |     Regular school,    |        |        |        |        |
                               |        |  outside regular class |        |        |        |        |
                               |        |________________________|Separate|Separate|  Public| Private|
                               |     All|    Less|       |   More|  public| private|residen-|residen-|Homebound/
                               |environ-| than 21|  21-60|than 60|  school|  school|    tial|    tial|  hospital
Type of disability             |   ments| percent|percent|percent|facility|facility|facility|facility| placement
_______________________________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
1                              |       2|       3|      4|      5|       6|       7|       8|       9|        10
_______________________________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
All disabled students          |        |        |       |       |        |        |        |        |
1989 ..........................|   100.0|    31.7|   37.5|   24.9|     3.2|     1.3|     0.7|     0.3|       0.6
1990 ..........................|   100.0|    33.1|   36.4|   25.0|     2.9|     1.3|     0.6|     0.3|       0.5
1991 ..........................|   100.0|    35.1|   36.2|   23.4|     2.5|     1.4|     0.6|     0.3|       0.5
1992 ..........................|   100.0|    40.0|   31.5|   23.4|     2.4|     1.2|     0.6|     0.3|       0.5
1993 ..........................|   100.0|    43.7|   29.3|   22.6|     2.2|     1.0|     0.5|     0.3|       0.5
1994 ..........................|   100.0|    44.8|   28.5|   22.4|     2.0|     1.0|     0.5|     0.3|       0.6
1995 ..........................|   100.0|    45.7|   28.5|   21.5|     2.1|     1.0|     0.4|     0.3|       0.5
1996 ..........................|   100.0|    46.1|   28.3|   21.4|     2.0|     1.0|     0.4|     0.3|       0.5
1997 ..........................|   100.0|    46.8|   28.8|   20.4|     1.8|     1.0|     0.4|     0.3|       0.5
1998 ..........................|   100.0|    46.0|   29.9|   20.0|     1.8|     1.1|     0.4|     0.3|       0.5
1999 ..........................|   100.0|    45.9|   29.8|   20.3|     1.9|     1.0|     0.4|     0.3|       0.5
2000 ..........................|   100.0|    46.5|   29.8|   19.5|     1.9|     1.1|     0.4|     0.3|       0.5
2001 ..........................|   100.0|    48.2|   28.5|   19.2|     1.7|     1.2|     0.4|     0.4|       0.4
                               |________________________________________________________________________________
                               |                                      2002
                               |________________________________________________________________________________
   All disabled students ......|   100.0|    48.2|   28.7|     19|     1.7|     1.2|     0.3|     0.4|       0.5
                               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
Specific learning disabilities |   100.0|    46.9|   38.6|   13.5|     0.3|     0.4|     0.1|     0.1|       0.2
Speech or language impairments |   100.0|    87.0|    7.5|    4.7|     0.1|     0.6|      # |      # |       0.1
Mental retardation ............|   100.0|    10.9|   30.5|   52.6|       4|     0.9|     0.2|     0.3|       0.5
Emotional disturbance .........|   100.0|    28.8|   23.0|   30.7|     7.2|     5.2|     1.3|     2.5|       1.4
Multiple disabilities .........|   100.0|    11.5|   17.2|   47.0|    12.5|     7.4|     1.0|     1.4|       2.1
Hearing impairments ...........|   100.0|    43.0|   19.3|   23.7|     4.1|     2.5|     6.8|     0.4|       0.2
Orthopedic impairments ........|   100.0|    45.8|   22.2|   27.5|     2.1|     0.6|     0.1|     0.1|       1.6
Other health impairments ......|   100.0|    49.5|   31.4|   15.3|     0.9|     0.8|     0.1|     0.3|       1.8
Visual impairments ............|   100.0|    52.6|   17.3|   16.5|     4.0|     1.8|     6.3|     0.9|       0.6
Autism ........................|   100.0|    24.7|   17.8|   45.5|     5.8|     4.6|     0.1|     1.0|       0.4
Deaf-blindness ................|   100.0|    17.3|   20.3|   32.2|    10.5|     6.1|     8.5|     4.0|       1.2
Traumatic brain injury ........|   100.0|    28.4|   34.8|   27.9|     2.9|     3.5|     0.2|     0.7|       1.7
Developmental delay ...........|   100.0|    46.3|   32.4|   19.7|     0.5|     0.9|     0.1|      # |       0.2
                               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________| ________
                               |                                      2003
                               |________________ _______________________________________________________________
   All disabled students ......|   100.0|    49.9|   27.7|   18.5|     1.7|     1.1|     0.3|     0.4|       0.5
                               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
Specific learning disabilities |   100.0|    48.8|   37.3|   13.0|     0.3|     0.3|     0.1|     0.1|       0.2
Speech or language impairments |   100.0|    88.2|    6.8|    4.6|     0.1|     0.2|      # |      # |       0.1
Mental retardation ............|   100.0|    11.7|   30.3|   51.8|     4.4|     1.0|     0.2|     0.3|       0.5
Emotional disturbance .........|   100.0|    30.3|   22.6|   30.2|     6.6|     5.4|     1.1|     2.6|       1.2
Multiple disabilities .........|   100.0|    12.1|   17.2|   45.8|    12.7|     7.6|     1.0|     1.5|       2.2
Hearing impairments ...........|   100.0|    45.0|   19.1|   22.2|     4.4|     2.5|     6.2|     0.4|       0.2
Orthopedic impairments ........|   100.0|    46.8|   20.9|   26.2|     3.6|     0.7|     0.1|     0.1|       1.6
Other health impairments ......|   100.0|    51.1|   30.5|   15.0|     0.8|     0.7|     0.1|     0.2|       1.6
Visual impairments ............|   100.0|    54.6|   16.9|   15.6|     3.9|     2.0|     5.4|     0.9|       0.6
Autism ........................|   100.0|    26.8|   17.7|   43.9|     5.6|     4.6|     0.1|     0.9|       0.3
Deaf-blindness ................|   100.0|    22.0|   14.0|   33.6|     8.5|       8|     8.3|     4.2|       1.4
Traumatic brain injury ........|   100.0|    34.6|   30.0|   27.1|     2.7|     3.3|     0.3|     0.7|       1.5
Developmental delay ...........|   100.0|    51.2|   28.2|   18.6|     0.6|     1.1|     0.1|      # |       0.2
                               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
                               |                                      2004
                               |________________________________________________________________________________
   All disabled students ......|   100.0|    51.9|   26.5|   17.6|     1.8|     1.2|     0.3|     0.3|       0.4
                               |________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
Specific learning disabilities |   100.0|    51.2|   35.8|   12.0|     0.3|     0.4|     0.1|     0.1|       0.2
Speech or language impairments |   100.0|    88.3|    6.5|    4.7|     0.1|     0.2|      # |      # |       0.1
Mental retardation ............|   100.0|    13.1|   29.7|   50.8|     4.4|     1.0|     0.3|     0.3|       0.4
Emotional disturbance .........|   100.0|    32.3|   22.0|   28.4|     7.2|     5.8|     1.2|       2|       1.2
Multiple disabilities .........|   100.0|    12.8|   16.9|   45.2|    12.7|     8.1|     0.9|     1.3|       2.2
Hearing impairments ...........|   100.0|    46.9|   18.8|   20.9|     4.3|     2.6|     5.9|     0.4|       0.2
Orthopedic impairments ........|   100.0|    48.2|   19.5|   25.8|     4.0|     0.8|     0.1|     0.1|       1.5
Other health impairments ......|   100.0|    53.7|   29.3|   13.6|     0.8|     0.8|     0.1|     0.2|       1.4
Visual impairments ............|   100.0|    56.1|   16.1|   15.0|     3.7|     2.1|     5.7|     0.8|       0.5
Autism ........................|   100.0|    29.1|   17.8|   41.8|     5.5|     4.7|     0.1|     0.7|       0.3
Deaf-blindness ................|   100.0|    19.4|   15.6|   35.1|     8.5|     6.9|     7.6|     2.9|       3.9
Traumatic brain injury ........|   100.0|    37.5|   28.4|   25.9|     2.7|     3.1|     0.2|     0.6|       1.5
Developmental delay ...........|   100.0|    56.8|   25.2|   16.7|     0.7|     0.2|     0.1|      # |       0.2
_______________________________|________|________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________|__________
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Data are for the United States and D.C. taken on the Child Count date of the last Friday in October or December 1. Data by disability status are only reported for 6- to 21-year-old students. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database. Retrieved January 20, 2006 from http://www.ideadata.org/docs/PartBTrendData/B4A.xls. (This table was prepared January 2006.)


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