Services to Children with Specific Disabilities

	1996	1997	1998
Health Impairment	1,432	1009	1071
Emotional/Behavioral Disorder	363	364	369
Speech or Language Impairments	14,490	14,837	14,021
Mental Retardation	172	108	104
Hearing Impairment Including Deafness	134	100	117
Orthopedic Impairment	304	262	232
Visual Impairment Including Blindness	116	113	135
Learning Disabilities	271	150	207
Autism	65	72	81
Traumatic Brain Injury	14	12	16
Other Impairments	2,421
*Non-Categorical/ Developmental Delay		2,676	2,819
*Multiple Disabilities Including Deaf-Blind		668	866
Total	19,782	20,371	20,038
*The 1997 Questionnaire introduced two new categories which replaced the last category "Other Impairments"