According to the 29th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the IDEA (USDE, 2010), which of the following statements is accurate?
A) The largest disability category is intellectual disabilities (8.9%).
B) The largest disability category is specific learning disabilities (45.5%).
C) The largest disability category is speech or language impairments (85.7%).
D) The largest disability category is serious emotional disturbance (5.7%).

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According to the 29th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the IDEA (USDE, 2010), the largest disability category is specific learning disabilities (45.5%). This is followed by speech or language impairments (19.3%), other health impairments (10.3%), autism (7.1%), intellectual disabilities (6.5%), emotional disturbance (6.0%), multiple disabilities (2.5%), hearing impairments (1.3%), orthopedic impairments (1.2%), visual impairments (0.2%), and deaf-blindness (0.1%).