STATUTORY CATEGORIES OF IMPAIRMENT
LABELS OF
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 1886
- 1998
|
1886
|
1899
|
1913
|
1945
|
1970
|
Post 1981
|
| Idiot |
Idiot |
Idiot |
Severely
Subnormal
(SSN)
|
Severely
LearningDifficulty
(SLD)
|
SLD /
PMLD -Profound &
Multiple LD
|
| Imbecile |
Imbecile |
Imbecile
Moral
imbecile
|
|
|
|
| |
Blind |
Blind |
Blind |
Blind |
Sensory
impairment
|
| |
Deaf |
Deaf |
Deaf -Partiallydeaf |
Deaf -
Partially deaf
|
Sensory
impairment
|
| |
Epileptic |
Epileptic |
Epileptic |
Epileptic |
MLD |
| |
Defective |
Mental Defective(feeble-minded) |
Educationally
Sub-Normal(ESN)
|
ESN |
MLD-
Moderate Learning Difficulty
|
| |
|
|
Maladjusted |
Maladjusted |
EBD-
Autistic
|
| |
|
Physical
defective
|
Physically
handicapped
|
Physically
handicapped
|
Physically
disabled
|
| |
|
|
Speech defect |
Speech defect |
Speech
difficulty
|
| |
|
|
Delicate |
Delicate |
|
| |
|
|
Diabetic |
Diabetic |
|
