The disabilities covered in IDEA

The IDEA is the individuals with Disabilities Education Act was enacted to make sure that people with Disabilities get the free education that they need. The Act inlcudes Behavioral, Autisim, Learning, Mental Retardation, Other Heath Impairments, Emotional Disturbances and Deaf/Blindness.
The most of these are very self explanatory, but other heath impairments include things that ADD and ADHD which is one of the most commonly treated disabilities among elementary School Children and Adults.