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This document provides information about learners with exceptionalities and their characteristics. It defines disability, handicap, and characteristics of specific exceptionalities including learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, speech and communication disorders, autism, intellectual disabilities, emotional/conduct disorders, physical disabilities, sensory impairments, and giftedness. Each exceptionality is described in one or two sentences.

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Pink and Cream Basic Presentation Template

This document provides information about learners with exceptionalities and their characteristics. It defines disability, handicap, and characteristics of specific exceptionalities including learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, speech and communication disorders, autism, intellectual disabilities, emotional/conduct disorders, physical disabilities, sensory impairments, and giftedness. Each exceptionality is described in one or two sentences.

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Module 6

Learners with
exceptionalities
-refers to individual whose physical, behavioral,
cognitive performance is so different from the norm
that additional services are required to meet the
individual needs.
Disability Handicap

-Refers to a functional limitation a -Refers to a limitation imposed


person has that interferes with the upon a person with a disability by
person's physical or cognitive society, such as lack of access for
perforamance. people in wheelchairs.
"Characteristics of the learners
with exceptionalities"
Specific Cognitive
or
Academic difficulties
Learning disabilities refers to a
disorder in one or more of the
basic psychological processes in
Learning the understanding using of
language, written or spoken,
Disabilities which may manifest itself in
difficulty performing basic tasks
like arithmetic, reading, writing,
spelling, or attention.
ADHD is manifested in either or Attention-
both of these: (1) difficulty in
focusing and maintaining Deficit
attention and (2) recurrent Hyperactivity
hyperactive and impulsive
behavior. Disorder
people with speech problems can
understand code (rules, governing
Speech and word construction, meaning,
grouping and pragmatics) but are
Communication nevertheless unable to
Disorders communicate with clarity due to
stuttering or rough, hoarse or
nasal- sounding voices.
Social/Emotional
and
Behavioral Difficulties
Refers to a developmental
disability affecting verbal and
non-verbal communication and
social interaction. Autism is
generally apparent prior to the
Autism age of three and is characterized
by repetitive behaviors, difficulty
adapting to new environments,
and unusual responses to sensory
stimulation.
Refers to substantial limitations
in present functioning
characterized by significantly
subaverage intellectual Mental
performance and limitations in a
number (two or more) of adaptive
Retardation
living skills, such as home living
or social.
these involves the presence of
Emotional/ emotional states like depression
and aggression over a
Conduct considerable amount of time that
Disorders they notably disturb learning and
performance in school.
Physical Disabilities and Health
Impairments
this involves physical or medical
Physical and conditions (usually long-term)
including one or more of these: (1)
Health limited energy and strength, (2)
Impairments reduced mental alertness, and/or
(3) litlle muscle control.
Severe and
refers to the presence of two or
more different types of disability, Multiple
at times at a profound level. Disabilities
Sensory Impairments
These are conditions when there
Visual is malfunction of the eye or optic

Impairments nerves that prevent normal vision


even with correctives lenses.
These involve malfunction of the
ear or auditory nerves that
Hearing
hinders perception of sounds
within the frequency range of Impairments
normal speech.
Giftedness
Gifted children possess
demonstrated or potential
abilities that give evidence of
Giftedness high-performance capabilities in
areas such as intellectual,
creative, academic, or leadership
ability or visual or performing art.

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