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In NH, 65% of students with disabilities in 2006 were included in the general education setting more than 80% of the time. In this respect, NH ranks ninth in the nation for having the most children with disabilities included a majority of the time in the classroom. Of note, there is limited variation based on the type of disability that a child has. The following list shows the type of disability alongside the percentage of children in that population who were included at least 80% of the time:

Specific learning (68.7%)

Speech language (61.6%)

Mental retardation (48.5%)

Emotional disturbance (58%)

Multiple disabilities (45.4%)

Hearing impaired (65.2%)

Orthopedic (72.2%)

Other health impairments (68.7%)

Visual impairments (66.3%)

Autism (59.5%)

Developmental delay (60.2%)

Source: www.IDEAdata.org