Table 8.1b. Number and percentage of children ages 3 to 5 and ages 6 to 21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), by race/ethnicity and type of disability: 2007

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Table 8.1b.

Number and percentage of children ages 3 to 5 and ages 6 to 21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), by race/ethnicity and type of disability: 2007

Age group and type of disability	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
3 to 5 years
	Number
Any disability¹	700,166	439,421	100,133	124,796	23,649	9,377
Specific learning disability	11,922	6,875	1,502	3,131	313	101
Speech or language impairment	318,937	207,627	39,230	59,320	8,939	3,821
Mental retardation	12,380	5,428	2,308	3,970	585	89
Emotional disturbance	3,416	2,143	742	425	58	48
Autism	39,041	23,602	4,834	7,251	3,112	242
Hearing impairment	7,678	4,373	899	1,850	469	87
Visual impairment	3,200	1,875	399	732	138	56
	Percent
Any disability¹	5.74	6.31	5.58	4.50	4.19	8.62
Specific learning disability	0.10	0.10	0.08	0.11	0.06	0.09
Speech or language impairment	2.61	2.98	2.19	2.14	1.58	3.51
Mental retardation	0.10	0.08	0.13	0.14	0.10	0.08
Emotional disturbance	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.04
Autism	0.32	0.34	0.27	0.26	0.55	0.22
Hearing impairment	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.08
Visual impairment	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.05

6 to 21 years
	Number
Any disability¹	5,912,586	3,399,744	1,208,195	1,060,112	135,098	90,741
Specific learning disability	2,563,665	1,372,432	552,552	558,082	46,542	47,703
Speech or language impairment	1,085,497	698,670	174,920	207,919	37,360	15,696
Mental retardation	487,854	240,576	155,151	73,136	10,734	6,402
Emotional disturbance	438,867	248,041	126,384	50,523	5,044	7,029
Autism	79,085	172,020	36,264	31,707	14,095	1,889
Hearing impairment	71,332	38,362	11,514	16,678	3,741	860
Visual impairment	25,855	15,176	4,404	4,796	1,066	334
	Percent
Any disability¹	8.96	8.47	12.15	8.51	4.85	14.38
Specific learning disability	3.89	3.42	5.32	4.55	1.60	7.09
Speech or language impairment	1.65	1.74	1.76	1.67	1.34	2.49
Mental retardation	0.74	0.60	1.56	0.59	0.39	1.01
Emotional disturbance	0.67	0.62	1.27	0.41	0.18	1.11
Autism	0.12	0.43	0.36	0.25	0.51	0.30
Hearing impairment	0.11	0.10	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.14
Visual impairment	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05
¹ Total includes other disabilities not separately shown. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), 2007.

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