Percent of First-Year College Students Reporting Disabilities
| Disability |
1988 |
1998 |
| Speech |
0.3 |
0.5 |
| Orthopedic |
1.0 |
0.8 |
| Learning Disability |
1.2 |
3.5 |
| Health Related |
1.2 |
1.7 |
| Visually Impaired |
1.9 |
1.1 |
| Hearing Impaired |
0.8 |
0.9 |
| Other (emotionally impaired) |
1.4 |
1.9 |
| Total |
7.0 |
9.4 |
Source: HEATH Resource Center. (1999). American Council of Education. Based on unpublished data from the cooperative Institutional Research Program, UCLA selected years, College Freshmen with Disabilities: A Biennial Statistical Profile. American Council of Education, Washington DC (1999, p. 3).
Types of Disabilities Reported by Undergraduates Who Reported Having A Disability, 1995-1996
| Learning Disability |
29% |
| Orthopedic |
23% |
| Hearing impairment |
16% |
| Visual impairment |
16% |
| Health related |
21% |
| Speech impaired |
3% |
Source: U. S. Department of Education. National Center for Educational Statistics. (1999). Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: A profile of preparation, participation and outcomes. NCES-1999-187. Washington, DC.
Types of Disabilities Among Full-Time College Freshmen With Disabilities by Percentage
| |
1988 |
1998 |
| Partially sighted/blind |
31.7 |
13.3 |
Health
|
5.7 |
19.3 |
| LD |
15.3 |
41.0 |
| Orthopedic |
13.8 |
9.1 |
| Hearing* |
11.6 |
11.6 |
| Speech |
3.8 |
5.3 |
| Other** |
18.5 |
21.8 |
Source: HEATH Resource Center, American Council on Education. Based on unpublished data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, UCLA.
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