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Perceptions and Expectations of Youth With Disabilities  (NLTS2)
NCSER 2007-3006
September 2007

Table 4.  Self-realization scores of youth, by disability category

Score level Learning disability Speech/ language impairment Mental retardation Emotional disturbance Hearing impairment Visual impairment Orthopedic impairment Other health impairment Autism Traumatic brain injury Multiple disabilities Deaf-blindness
Percent / standard error
Percentage of youth with scores:                      
Self-realization                        
High 67.2 54.1 51.0 61.2 58.9 64.9 44.4 44.3 51.6 53.8 60.8 64.5
(4.70) (5.01) (7.25) (5.73) (6.67) (7.19) (6.79) (5.55) (8.24) (9.67) (8.74) (9.59)
Medium 30.9 44.8 47.2 36.9 41.1 35.1 55.0 54.4 44.0 45.0 35.6 33.0
(4.62) (5.00) (7.24) (5.67) (6.67) (7.19) (6.80) (5.56) (8.18) (9.65) (8.56) (9.42)
Low 1.9 1.1 1.7 1.9 # # 0.6 1.3 4.4 1.2 3.7 2.5
(1.36) (1.04) (1.90) (1.60)     (1.02) (1.25) (3.39) (2.11) (3.37) (3.14)
# Rounds to zero.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), Wave 2 youth telephone interview/mail survey, 2003.