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Determining that a student is disabled may not always be a simple process. Visible disabilities are noticeable through casual observation – an immediately recognisable physical impairment, for example, or the use of a cane, a wheelchair or crutches.
Other students may have what are known as hidden disabilities such as: Hearing impairments, legal blindness, learning disability, diabetes, psychiatric or seizure disorders, all of which are not usually apparent.
Finally, there are students with multiple disabilities, which are caused by such primary conditions as muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy or multiple sclerosis. Depending on the nature and progression of the condition, it may be accompanied by a secondary impairment (in mobility, vision, speech, or co-ordination), which may, in fact, pose greater difficulties than the primary disability.
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