Multiple disabilities means concomitant impairments (such as a cognitive disability-blindness or a cognitive disability-orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments. Multiple disabilities does not include deaf-blindness.
S.D. Admin. R. 24:05:24.01:12
General Authority: SDCL 13-37-1.1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 13-37-1.1.