Criteria for Documenting Disabilities per California Education Administrative Code, Title 5 § 56032:Physical DisabilityDefined as a limitation in locomotion or motor functions. These limitations are the result of specific impacts on the body’s muscular-skeletal or nervous systems, and limit the student’s ability to access the educational process.Deaf or Hard of HearingDefined as a total or partial loss of hearing function that limits the student’s ability to access the educational process.Blind or Low VisionDefined as a level of vision that limits the student’s ability to access the educational process.Learning DisabilityDefined as a persistent condition of presumed neurological dysfunction which may exist with other disabling conditions. The dysfunction is not explained by lack of educational opportunity, lack of proficiency in the language of instruction, or other non-neurological factors, and this dysfunction limits the student’s ability to access the educational process. To be categorized as a student with a learning disability a student must meet the following criteria through psycho-educational assessment verified by a qualified specialist certified to assess learning disabilities: (a) Average to above-average intellectual ability; and (b) Statistically significant processing deficit(s); and/or (c) Statistically significant aptitude-achievement discrepancies.Acquired Brain InjuryDefined as a deficit in brain functioning which results in a total or partial loss of cognitive, communicative, motor, psycho-social, and/or sensory-perceptual abilities, and limits the student’s ability to access the educational process.Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderDefined as a neurodevelopmental disorder that is a persistent deficit in attention and/or hyperactive and impulsive behavior that limits the student’s ability to access the educational process.Intellectual DisabilityDefined as significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior that affect and limit the student’s ability to access the educational process. An individual may have an intellectual disability when: (a) the person’s functioning level is below average intellectual ability; and (b) the person has significant limitations in adaptive skill areas as expressed in conceptual, social, academic, and practical skills in independent living and employment; and, (c) the disability originated before the age of 18.Autism Spectrum DisorderDefined as neurodevelopmental disorders described as persistent deficits that limit the student’s ability to access the educational process. Symptoms must have been present in the early developmental period, and cause limitation in social, academic, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.Mental HealthDefined as a persistent psychological or psychiatric disability or emotional or mental illness that limits the student’s ability to access the educational process. For purposes of this subchapter, conditions that are not described and/or excluded in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are not covered in this category.Other Health Conditions and Disabilities.This category includes all students with disabilities, as defined in Section 56002, with other health conditions, and/or disabilities that affect a major life activity, which are otherwise not defined in Sections 56032-56042, but which limit the student’s ability to access the educational process.