(26KB)| Table 49. | 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 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 | 2.0 | 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 disabled students | 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 Affairs schools 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 September 22, 2006, from https://www.ideadata.org/tables29th/ar_2-2.xls. (This table was prepared September 2006.) |