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Severe Disabilities

Severe disabilities refers to individuals with severe or profound intellectual disabilities who require extensive life supports and educational assistance. They face challenges in areas such as cognition, communication, mobility, fine motor skills, self-help skills, social/emotional skills, and health. Causes can include genetic syndromes, physical trauma, medical abnormalities, or conditions like fetal alcohol syndrome. The prevalence of severe disabilities is estimated between 0.5-2% of the population.

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Severe Disabilities

Severe disabilities refers to individuals with severe or profound intellectual disabilities who require extensive life supports and educational assistance. They face challenges in areas such as cognition, communication, mobility, fine motor skills, self-help skills, social/emotional skills, and health. Causes can include genetic syndromes, physical trauma, medical abnormalities, or conditions like fetal alcohol syndrome. The prevalence of severe disabilities is estimated between 0.5-2% of the population.

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Severe

Disabilities
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

SEVERE DISABILITIES
It refers primarily to individuals who have
severe or profound intellectual disabilities.
The life supports and educational are
typically more extensive than those required
by individuals with other types of disabilities.
Mobility/Gross Fine Motor
Motor Skills Skills
Communicati
on Self-help
skills
The label of severe
Social/
Cognition disabilities can include Emotional
challenges in one or more of Skills
the following areas
Adaptive
Behavior Health
Hearing Visual Impairment
Impairment Impairment
The Association for Persons with
Severe Handicaps

Addresses the interests of persons with disabilities who have


traditionally been excluded from the mainstream of society. These
persons include individuals with disabilities of all ages, races, creeds,
national origins, genders, and sexual orientation who require
ongoing support in one or more major life activity in order to
participate in an integrated community and enjoy a quality of life
similar to that available to all citizens. Support may be required for
life activities such as mobility, communication, self-care, and
learning as necessary for community living, employment, and self-
sufficiency. (TASH,2000)
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Severe Intellectual Disabilities

It includes an IQ of less than 40 and the


manifestation of deficits in adaptive behavior,
with both areas of deficit originating during the
developmental period—before the age of 18
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Profound Intellectual Disabilities

Vary only in the range of the IQ score, which


is 20 and below.
PREVALENCE

The number of students served in the schools with


severe disabilities could be recorded in several places,
including the areas of intellectual disabilities and
physical disabilities. Typically, however, students with
severe disabilities are identified through the category
of multiple disabilities (NICHCY, 2011). Often, the
prevalence estimates range between .5 and 2 percent
of the population (Kennedy, 2004)
Causes of Severe Disabilities

• Fetal alcohol syndrome, may affect individuals differently and


can sometimes result in severe of profound levels of
intellectual disabilities.

• Genetic syndromes including Down syndrome, Klinefelter’s


syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, Fragile- X syndrome, and Tay-
Sacks disease, results in a number of common physical,
behavior, and intellectual characteristics and may cause severe
intellectual disabilities.
Causes of Severe Disabilities

• Physical trauma to the head caused by accidents or child


abuse, can result in severe brain damage and intellectual
disabilities.

• Medical abnormalities for example, brain tumors, and


diseases, such as meningitis, can also cause severe disabilities.

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