Definitions of Eligibility Categories

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Cognitive Impairment (CI)

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH)

• Deaf / Blind

• Early Childhood Developmental Delay (ECDD)

• Emotional Impairment (EI)

• Other Health Impairment (OHI)

• Physical Impairment (PI)

• Severe Multiple Impairment (SXI)

• Specific Learning Disability (SLD)

• Speech & Language Impairment (SLI)

• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

• Visual Impairment (VI)

Resources

• WMISD Special Education Plan

• Michigan Alliance for Families

• MDE Family Matters Fact Sheets

• Problem Solving

• SEMS: Special Education Mediation Services

• Procedural Safeguard Notification – Michigan Department of Education

• Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education (MARSE)

• MDE Program to Student Ratios

• START: Statewide Autism Resources & Training

Handbooks

• Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) Process & Resource Handbook

• Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Handbook