### Question
How is the term children with disabilities defined?


### Answer
The term **children with disabilities** is defined in *34 CFR § 300.7* as the following:

> those children evaluated in accordance with §§ 300.530-300.534 as having mental retardation, hearing impairments including deafness, speech or language impairments, visual impairments including blindness, serious emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities, and who because of those impairments need special education and related services

#### Citation:
  - *34 CFR § 300.7*
