| Table 53. | Percentage distribution of disabled persons 3 to 21 years oldreceiving education services for the disabled, by age group andeducational environment: 1994-95 |
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| All | | | |separate|separate| Public | Private |Homebound/
Age and type of disability |environ- |Regular|Resource|Separate| school | school |residential|residential| hospital
| ments | class | room | class |facility|facility| facility | facility |environment
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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All persons, 3 to 21 years old .....| 100.0 | 50.7 | 9.3 | 31.7 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.5
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3 to 5 years old......................| 100.0 | 45.4 | 26.8 | 23.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7
6 to 21 years old.....................| 100.0 | 44.8 | 28.5 | 22.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6
Mental retardation..................| 100.0 | 9.9 | 26.9 | 56.0 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5
Speech or language impairments......| 100.0 | 87.6 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | (\1\)| (\1\)| 0.1
Visual impairments..................| 100.0 | 46.8 | 20.1 | 17.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 9.4 | 0.9 | 0.5
Serious emotional disturbance.......| 100.0 | 22.1 | 24.0 | 35.2 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8
Orthopedic impairments..............| 100.0 | 39.3 | 20.4 | 31.9 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.5
Other health impairments............| 100.0 | 42.8 | 28.8 | 18.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 7.9
Specific learning disabilities......| 100.0 | 41.3 | 39.3 | 18.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | (\1\)| 0.2
Deaf-blindness......................| 100.0 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 37.2 | 17.7 | 3.8 | 17.8 | 2.7 | 2.3
Multiple disabilities...............| 100.0 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 51.5 | 15.4 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.9
Hearing impairments.................| 100.0 | 35.4 | 19.1 | 28.5 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 0.2
Autism .............................| 100.0 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 54.7 | 15.2 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.5
Traumatic brain injury .............| 100.0 | 26.1 | 24.2 | 30.3 | 3.1 | 11.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.7
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\1\Less than 0.05 percent. NOTE.-- There are some reporting variations, e.g., estimated or incomplete data and nonstandard definitions, from state to state. Data for 3- to 5-year-old children are no longer collected by type of disability. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (This table was prepared May 1997.)
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