STATUTORY CATEGORIES OF IMPAIRMENT LABELS OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 1886 - 1998
1886 | 1899 | 1913 | 1945 | 1970 | Post 1981 |
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Idiot | Idiot | Idiot | Severely Subnormal (SSN) | Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD) | SLD / PMLD - Profound & Multiple LD |
Imbecile | Imbecile | Imbecile Moral Imbecile | |||
Blind | Blind | Blind | Blind | Sensory Impairment | |
Deaf | Deaf | Deaf -Partially Deaf | Deaf -Partially Deaf | Sensory Impairment | |
Epileptic | Epileptic | Epileptic | Epileptic | MLD | |
Defective | Mental Defective(feeble-minded) | Educationally Sub-Normal(ESN) | ESN | MLD-Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
Maladjusted | Maladjusted | EBD-Autistic | |||
Physical defective | Physically handicapped | Physically disabled | Physically disabled | ||
Speech defect | Speech defect | Speech difficulty | Delicate | Delicate | |
Diabetic | Diabetic |