Disability Categories

Fourteen disabilities have been identified under ECEA. NOTE: Some of these disabilities have sub-menus on the right to sort their information.

Those persons from three to twenty-one years of age who, by reason of one or more of the following conditions, are unable to receive reasonable benefit from general education.

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Additional Educator Resources

Related Services

Other CDE/State Links:

ECEA Eligibility Categories Training
Family, School and Community Resources and Support for supporting parents and children with disabilities
Medicaid Extended School Health (MESH) Program
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS):
- Colorado PBIS
SWAAAC: State Wide Assistive Technology, Augmentative Alternative Communication

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