In K–12 schools, approximately 3.6% of the students are identified as having a physical disability
or health impairment. The U.S. Department of Education (1994) reports the following: speech
impaired—2.37%; hard of hearing and deaf—0.14%; motor/orthopedic impaired—0.12%; other
health impaired—0.14%; visually impaired—0.07%; multidisabled—0.24%. In addition, other
identified conditions eligible for special education services include: learning disabled—5.31%;
mentally impaired—1.28%; and seriously emotionally disturbed—0.95%.