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Our University encourages students and peers, teachers and academic staff, parents and the public to recognize, accept and respect students with individual differences and special educational needs. We can learn more about different kinds of disabilities by distinguishing three types of categories:

Type I: Communication, Physical and Sensory Disabilities

Speech and Language Impairment (SLI)
Speech and Language Impairment (SLI) 言語障礙
Four common types of speech and language difficulties: Defective articulation, Language problems, Fluency problems (commonly known as stuttering) and Voice problems.
Visual Impairment (VI)
Visual Impairment (VI)視覺障礙
VI can be classified as total blindness and low vision. If a person has no light perception, he/she has no visual function, which is total blindness. Upon wearing spectacles or after refractive correction surgery and taking measurement from the eye with better vision, it is regarded as low vision if the visual acuity is of 6/18 or worse.
Hearing Impairment (HI)
Hearing Impairment (HI) 聽力障礙
A disorder in any part of the auditory system will affect hearing ability, thus affecting speech and communication abilities. A child with a hearing threshold higher than 25dB can be regarded as having HI.
Physical Disability (PD)
Physical Disability (PD) 肢體傷殘
PD refers to disability caused by diseases of the central and peripheral neurological systems, traumas or other congenital diseases of the musculoskeletal systems, which lead to hindrance or limitations in one or more aspects of daily living. Common types of PD include cerebral palsy, epilepsy, spina bifida, and muscular dystrophy, which affect students’ motor co-ordination, speech, writing and daily activities.
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Type II: Learning and Developmental Disabilities

SpLD in reading and writing, also known as dyslexia, is the most common type of SpLD. Students with dyslexia, despite having normal intelligence and having received formal instruction, are unable to read, spell and dictate words accurately and fluently.
Students usually have the following three characteristics: Inattention, Hyperactivity and Impulsivity.
Usually, children display autistic symptoms before the age of three. These children show marked disabilities in social development, language communication and behavioural adjustment.

Type III: Mental Illnesses

Mental illnesses (精神病) are health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking or behaviour (or a combination of these). Mental illnesses are associated with distress and/or problems functioning in social, work or family activities.

Other Disabilities

Visceral disability (器官障礙), chronic illness (長期病患), brain injuries (腦部受傷), and having more than one type of disability are examples of other disabilities. Some SEN students have superior intelligence and learning disabilities at the same time.