Appendices - Data and Charts
Postsecondary Education and Students with Disabilities
Figure 1 |
ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION BY DISABILITIES TYPE |
This chart depicts enrollment of students with disabilities over a ten-year period (1987-1997) by the following disability types: mobility, visual, acoustical, learning, other health impairment and emotional disturbance, and a category labeled "other". This category includes health conditions such as tuberculosis, asthma, epilepsy and diabetes. There are no specific numbers assigned to each category. The chart is meant to be a visual glance at enrollment trends. The chart indicates that learning disabilities continues to be the largest self-disclosed population on campuses followed by other health impairment and emotional disturbance.