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Re: a 'disability' or not ?
Definition of Children with Special Educational Needs
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The Report of the Special Education Review Committee in its definition of pupils with special educational needs included all †œthose whose disabilities and/or circumstances prevent or hinder them from benefiting adequately from the education which is normally provided for pupils of the same age, or for whom the education which can generally be provided in the ordinary classroom is not sufficiently challenging.â↡¬ÂÂÂ1 The Report described particular categories of pupils with special educational needs, including pupils with mental handicap, emotional and behavioural disorders, physical and sensory disabilities, specific learning disabilities, specific speech and language disorders, and autism.
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Report of the Special Education Review Committee, Stationery Office, Dublin, October 1993, p. 18.
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