• People with severe disabilities are those who traditionally have been labeled as having severe to profound mental retardation.

• These disabilities do not appear very frequently, but they do require extensive support in more than one major life activity.
• Less than 1% of all students served under IDEA fall into this category.
• Disabilities of this nature include
• Traumatic brain injury
• Combination of Deaf/Blindness
• Characters of this disability include
• Limited speech or communication
• Difficulty in basic physical mobility
• Tendency to forget skills through disuse
• Trouble generalizing skills from one situation to the next
• Major support in life activities

Tash: Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities sine 1975

• This organization provides information for people with severe disabilities.

OACRS

• This organization represents children’s treatment centers. The Ontario Association of Children's Rehabilitation Services is one of the most up to date and caring services for people with severe and multiple disabilities.