This document contains 12 questions asking about definitions, types of assessments and services, disabilities, and interventions related to individuals with disabilities. It asks the reader to define terms, identify types of assessments, features of effective support, approaches to teaching communication skills, content areas in educational programs, disabilities associated with certain conditions, descriptions of physical conditions, disease stages, and interventions. The questions cover a wide range of topics regarding disabilities and special education.

1. Answer the questions in complete paragraphs:
1.Define the terms
multiple disabilities
and
deaf-blindness
as described in the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
2.Identify three types of educational assessments for students
with severe and multiple disabilities.
3.Identify the features of effective services and supports for
children with severe and multiple disabilities during a) early
childhood years and b) elementary school years.
4. Distinguish between the term
deaf
and
hard of hearing
5.
Identify 4 approaches to teaching communication skills to
people with a hearing loss.
6.
What are the distinctive features of refractive eye problems,
muscle disorders of the eye and receptive eye problems?
7.Describe two content areas that should be included in
educational programs for students with vision loss.
8. Identify several disabilities that may accompany cerebral
palsy.
9.What is spina bifida myelomeningocele?

2. 10.Describe the physical limitations associated with muscular
distrophy
11.Describe the AIDS disease stages through which individuals
with the syndrome move
12.Identify present and future interventions for the treatment of
children and youth with cystic fibrosis.