• Special education at Bellefonte Area School District provides a compilation of services designed to meet needs of students who have disabilities. There are 13 disability categories that students can have – including a combination of those – and receive service based on their disability area to accommodate that while they’re in public school.

    *To visit the special education website, visit this link: https://www.basd.net/domain/21

  • The 13 disability categories are:

    • autism
    • deaf and blindness
    • deafness
    • emotional disturbance
    • hearing impairment
    • intellectual disability
    • multiple disabilities
    • orthopedic impairment
    • other health impairment
    • specific learning disability
    • speech or language impairment
    • traumatic brain injury
    • visual impairment, including blindness