Special education qualifying disability categories are outlined in the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) Special Education Rules. Students who qualify are entitled to special education services. These disability specific pages outlines qualifying disability categories, including connections for stakeholders and educators administrators who can assist with specific questions.
- Autism
- Deaf Blindness
- Developmental Delay (DD)
- Emotional Disturbance (ED)
- Hearing Impairment/Deafness
- Intellectual Disability (ID)
- Multiple Disabilities (MD)
- Orthopedic Impairment (OI)
- Other Health Impaired (OHI)
- Additional Tourette’s syndrome information and links (Under OHI)
- Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
- Speech-Language Impairment (SLI)
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Visual Impairment (VI)