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Enrollment of Students with Disabilities

New York State

   
Type of Program
   
Occupational
Non-Occupational
Total
 
Learning Disability
  2000
3,975
12,767
16,742
  2001
4,335
12,965
17,300
  2002
4,761
14,339
19,100
  2003
4,478
15,227
19,705
  2004
5,351
16,757
22,108
  2005
5,477
16,583
22,060
  2006
5,841
16,893
22,734
  2007
5,604
17,717
23,454
  2008
5,586
18,288
23,874
  2009
5,789
19,198
24,977
  2010
6,126
20,818
26,944
  2011
6,294
20,464
26,758
Wheelchair Assisted
 
  2000
135
464
599
  2001
122
430
552
  2002
113
367
480
  2003
79
328
407
  2004
108
368
476
  2005
104
393
497
  2006
136
398
534
  2007
97
401
500
  2008
96
352
448
  2009
89
350
439
  2010
102
361
463
  2011
118
351
469
Other Assistive Device
 
  2000
131
388
519
  2001
135
396
531
  2002
127
385
512
  2003
113
352
465
  2004
141
425
566
  2005
134
429
563
  2006
113
422
535
  2007
59
377
436
  2008
61
323
384
  2009
66
333
399
  2010
74
262
336
  2011
76
266
342
Mobility Impaired/no Assistive Device
  2000
308
767
1,075
  2001
408
759
1,167
  2002
316
821
1,137
  2003
264
820
1,084
  2004
234
936
1,170
  2005
257
871
1,128
  2006
222
725
947
  2007
172
998
1,170
  2008
203
740
943
  2009
229
655
884
  2010
267
732
999
  2011
197
621
818
Mobility Impaired Total
  2000
574
1,629
2,193
  2001
665
1,585
2,250
  2002
556
1,573
2,129
  2003
445
1,500
1,956
  2004
483
1,729
2,212
  2005
495
1,708
2,203
  2006
471
1,747
2,218
  2007
328
1,775
2,103
  2008
367
1,432
1,799
  2009
384
1,338
1,772
  2010
443
1,335
1,798
  2011
360
1,265
1,625
Legally Blind
 
  2000
67
330
397
  2001
52
344
396
  2002
83
308
391
  2003
78
296
374
  2004
87
338
425
  2005
83
329
412
  2006
86
325
411
  2007
62
396
458
  2008
85
350
435
  2009
68
327
395
  2010
72
341
413
  2011
81
323
404
Other Visually Impaired
 
  2000
171
518
689
  2001
192
487
680
  2002
214
487
701
  2003
171
498
669
  2004
223
663
886
  2005
216
586
802
  2006
331
611
942
  2007
191
676
867
  2008
189
611
800
  2009
196
591
787
  2010
209
670
879
  2011
207
654
861
Visually Impaired Total
 
  2000
238
848
1,086
  2001
244
832
1,076
  2002
297
795
1,092
  2003
249
794
1,043
  2004
310
1,001
1,311
  2005
299
915
1,214
  2006
417
936
1,353
  2007
253
1,072
1,325
  2008
274
961
1,235
  2009
264
918
1,182
  2010
281
1,011
1,292
  2011
288
977
1,265
Legally Deaf
 
  2000
772
656
1,428
  2001
774
678
1,452
  2002
782
656
1,438
  2003
741
715
1,456
  2004
728
728
1,456
  2005
662
773
1,395
  2006
645
666
1,311
  2007
722
718
1,440
  2008
823
730
1,553
  2009
797
730
1,527
  2010
732
847
1,579
  2011
635
1,035
1,692
Other Acoustically Impaired
 
  2000
187
501
688
  2001
166
539
705
  2002
164
501
665
  2003
146
488
634
  2004
219
575
794
  2005
223
538
761
  2006
273
555
828
  2007
226
582
808
  2008
240
597
737
  2009
266
584
850
  2010
292
622
914
  2011
279
654
933
Acoustically Impaired Total
 
  2000
959
1,157
2,116
  2001
940
1,217
2,157
  2002
946
1,157
2,103
  2003
887
1,203
2,090
  2004
947
1,303
2,250
  2005
885
1,271
2,156
  2006
918
1,221
2,139
  2007
948
1,300
2,248
  2008
1,063
1,327
2,390
  2009
1,063
1,314
2,377
  2010
1,024
1,469
2,493
  2011
914
1,711
2,625
Mental Health Impairment
 
  2000
734
2,326
3,060
  2001
836
2,623
3,459
  2002
1,169
2,823
3,992
  2003
897
3,209
4,106
  2004
1,147
4,152
5,299
  2005
1,307
4,213
5,520

 
2006
1,360
4,338
5,698
  2007
1,168
4,625
5,793
  2008
1,350
5,387
6,737
  2009
1,483
5,782
7,265
  2010
1,726
6,334
8,060
  2011
2,000
7,421
9,801
Speech Impairment
 
  2000
52
183
235
  2001
58
198
256
  2002
73
165
238
  2003
85
227
312
  2004
113
273
386
  2005
113
260
373
  2006
116
343
459
  2007
102
345
447
  2008
127
344
471
  2009
240
586
826
  2010
177
430
607
  2011
188
438
626
Traumatic Brain Injury
 
  2000
104
345
449
  2001
76
372
448
  2002
95
306
401
  2003
76
372
448
  2004
107
424
531
  2005
106
419
525
  2006
122
441
563
  2007
132
485
617
  2008
129
439
568
  2009
132
419
551
  2010
143
491
634
  2011
149
507
660
Orthopedic Impairment
 
  2000
208
618
826
  2001
271
782
1,053
  2002
297
641
938
  2003
272
746
1,018
  2004
355
808
1,163
  2005
327
820
1,147
  2006
319
876
1,195
  2007
287
992
1,279
  2008
302
937
1,239
  2009
348
1,000
1,348
  2010
318
781
1,099
  2011
263
744
1,007
Alcohol/Substance Abuse and Recovery
  2000
203
542
745
  2001
150
498
648
  2002
141
264
405
  2003
202
260
462
  2004
191
368
559
  2005
118
352
470
  2006
101
310
411
  2007
104
500
604
  2008
113
370
483
  2009
194
633
827
  2010
97
253
350
  2011
136
421
557
Other Health Impairments
 
  2000
1,468
3,482
4,950
  2001
1,796
3,545
5,341
  2002
1,773
3,774
5,547
  2003
1,429
3,758
5,187
  2004
1,598
4,685
6,283
  2005
1,705
4,541
6,246
  2006
2,042
5,293
7,335
  2007
1,419
5,360
6,779
  2008
1,503
5,321
6,824
  2009
1,629
5,304
6,933
  2010
1,633
6,104
7,737
  2011
1,770
6,110
7,962
Multiple Disabilities
 
  2000
379
978
1,357
  2001
326
1,283
1,609
  2002
643
1,203
1,846
  2003
618
1,285
1,903
  2004
768
1,782
2,550
  2005
712
2,077
2,789
  2006
1,051
2,504
3,555
  2007
731
3,064
3,795
  2008
812
3,688
4,500
  2009
1,108
4,523
5,631
  2010
1,285
5,295
6,580
  2011
1,353
5,097
6,450
Other Health Impairments Total        
  2000
2,769
7,496
10,265
  2001
3,187
8,018
11,205
  2002
3,508
7,952
11,460
  2003
2,961
8,572
11,533
  2004
3,517
10,710
14,227
  2005
3,676
10,605
14,281
  2006
4,060
11,601
15,661
  2007
3,206
11,979
15,184
  2008
3,523
12,749
16,272
  2009
3,888
13,657
17,209
  2010
3,897
14,091
17,988
  2011
4,271
15,022
19,293
Neurological Disability
 
  2010
976
2,552
3,528
  2011
1,947
6,348
8,295
All Disabilities
 
  2000
8,892
24,867
33,759
  2001
9,697
25,900
35,597
  2002
10,753
27,040
37,793
  2003
9,649
28,581
38,230
  2004
10,213
30,611
40,824
  2005
10,364
29,911
40,245
  2006
10,865
30,932
41,787
  2007
9,219
32,672
41,891
  2008
10,129
32,388
42,509
  2009
10,632
33,459
44,081
  2010
11,034
35,868
46,902
  2011
11,122
35,897
46,832
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