Section 56030.5 Of Article 2. Definitions From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 30. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.

. "Severely disabled" means individuals with exceptional needs who require intensive instruction and training in programs serving pupils with the following profound disabilities: autism, blindness, deafness, severe orthopedic impairments, serious emotional disturbances, severe intellectual disability, and those individuals who would have been eligible for enrollment in a development center for handicapped pupils under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 56800), as it read on January 1, 1980.