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Table 48. Percentage distribution of students with disabilities 6 to 21 years old receiving education services for the disabled, by educational environment and type of disability: Selected years, fall 1989 through fall 2005
Type of disability All environments Regular school, outside regular class Separate public school facility Separate private school facility Public residential facility Private residential facility Homebound/ hospital placement
Less than 21 percent 21–60 percent More than 60 percent
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
All students with disabilities                  
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
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 100.0 48.2 28.7 19.0 1.7 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
  2003
All students with disabilities 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 impairments1  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 8.0 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 students with disabilities 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 2.0 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 impairments1  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
  2005
All students with disabilities 100.0 54.2 25.1 16.7 1.8 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.5
Specific learning disabilities 100.0 54.5 33.7 10.9 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2
Speech or language impairments 100.0 88.7 6.2 4.6 0.1 0.3 # # 0.1
Mental retardation 100.0 14.1 29.1 50.2 4.6 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.5
Emotional disturbance 100.0 34.7 21.6 26.8 6.9 5.7 1.2 1.8 1.3
Multiple disabilities 100.0 13.3 16.9 45.1 12.2 8.0 0.9 1.3 2.3
Hearing impairments 100.0 48.8 18.3 19.5 4.8 2.3 5.8 0.4 0.2
Orthopedic impairments 100.0 49.5 18.1 25.7 4.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 1.6
Other health impairments1  100.0 56.0 28.0 12.8 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.2 1.3
Visual impairments 100.0 58.2 15.2 14.2 4.1 1.6 5.4 0.7 0.6
Autism 100.0 31.4 18.2 39.8 5.1 4.4 0.1 0.6 0.4
Deaf-blindness 100.0 22.8 15.1 33.6 10.1 7.3 6.6 3.2 1.4
Traumatic brain injury 100.0 40.0 27.5 24.5 2.8 3.0 0.2 0.5 1.5
Developmental delay 100.0 59.5 23.4 15.8 0.7 0.3 0.1 # 0.2
# Rounds to zero.
1 Other health impairments include having limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to chronic or acute health problems such as a heart condition, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, epilepsy, lead poisoning, leukemia, or diabetes.
NOTE: Data are for the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and the Bureau of Indian Education schools taken on the Child Count date of the last Friday in October or December 1. 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 September 22, 2006, from https://www.ideadata.org/tables29th/ar_2-2.xls. (This table was prepared September 2006.)

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