SCHOOL POLICY MANUAL-2024-2025

Common barriers to learning

Categories of disability (aligned with the UAE unified categorisation of disability) 1. Intellectual disability ( 1 including Intellectual disability - unspecified) 2. Specific learning disorders 3. Multiple disabilities l l d l ( h fi f )

Cognition and learning

5. Communication disorders 6. Autism spectrum disorders

Communication and interaction Social, emotional and mental health

7. Attention Deficit Hyper Activity disorder 8. Psycho - emotional disorders. 9. Sensory impairment 10. Deaf-blind disability 11. Physical disability 12. 2 Chronic or acute medical conditions

Physical, sensory and medical

A child must not be regarded as having a learning difficulty solely because the language or medium of communication at home is different from the language in which she or he is or will be taught.

ASEN1-2024

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