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Richard Rieser
Disability Equality

STATUTORY CATEGORIES OF IMPAIRMENT LABELS OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 1886 - 1998

1886 1899 1913 1945 1970 Post 1981
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)ESNMLD-Moderate Learning Difficulty
Maladjusted Maladjusted EBD-Autistic
Physical defective Physically handicapped Physically disabledPhysically disabled
Speech defectSpeech defectSpeech difficulty
DelicateDelicate
DiabeticDiabetic