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

Table 9.  Youth's perceptions of interpersonal challenges at school, by disability category

Interpersonal challenges 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 reporting having trouble:                        
Getting along with teachers                        
Never 44.6 41.6 41.8 30.4 47.1 42.1 59.1 43.4 50.4 52.5 45.3 54.5
(4.51) (4.63) (5.87) (4.83) (6.51) (6.20) (5.93) (5.10) (7.77) (9.25) (7.67) (9.39)
Just a few times 36.9 39.0 31.0 44.1 32.0 46.2 28.9 34.1 25.0 27.8 29.6 29.5
(4.38) (4.58) (5.50) (5.22) (6.08) (6.26) (5.47) (4.87) (6.73) (8.30) (7.04) (8.60)
At least weekly but not daily 14.2 12.2 14.9 16.1 10.1 7.3 6.9 17.3 19.5 15.3 13.8 13.6
(3.39) (3.05) (4.35) (3.99) (4.03) (3.40) (2.79) (4.22) (6.04) (7.36) (5.12) (7.41)
Daily 4.4 7.3 12.3 9.3 10.8 4.4 5.1 5.2 5.2 4.4 11.4 2.4
(1.86) (2.44) (3.91) (3.05) (4.04) (2.57) (2.65) (2.28) (3.45) (3.80) (4.90) (2.89)
Getting along with other students                        
Never 40.4 43.2 38.8 29.0 46.9 56.0 53.9 40.6 29.8 49.1 43.2 36.2
(4.47) (4.68) (5.84) (4.76) (6.49) (6.23) (6.09) (5.08) (7.02) (9.41) (7.71) (9.06)
Just a few times 38.6 35.6 31.2 36.2 19.7 26.2 27.0 34.9 37.8 28.5 22.9 34.1
(4.44) (4.53) (5.55) (5.05) (5.17) (5.52) (5.42) (4.93) (7.44) (8.49) (6.54) (8.94)
At least weekly but not daily 12.6 12.7 13.6 19.6 20.5 12.7 11.6 15.2 19.5 14.1 10.8 22.8
(2.99) (3.05) (4.28) (4.04) (5.26) (4.12) (3.66) (3.89) (6.14) (6.78) (4.89) (7.89)
Daily 8.4 8.6 16.4 15.2 12.9 5.1 7.4 9.3 12.9 8.3 23.1 6.9
(2.53) (2.65) (4.44) (3.77) (4.36) (2.76) (3.20) (3.00) (5.14) (5.19) (6.56) (4.78)
Agreement that "there is an adult at school who you feel close to and who cares about you"                        
Agree a lot 54.6 48.2 12.3 57.4 60.5 63.5 65.5 58.1 58.2 49.7 66.6 66.2
(4.54) (4.75) (3.94) (5.20) (6.37) (6.03) (5.66) (5.10) (7.63) (9.36) (7.32) (8.92)
Agree a little 30.4 30.2 71.9 26.8 25.5 23.8 26.5 29.2 29.1 36.3 19.0 29.3
(4.19) (4.37) (5.40) (4.66) (5.68) (5.33) (5.25) (4.70) (7.02) (9.01) (6.08) (8.58)
Disagree a little 11.0 12.7 15.4 8.5 7.5 7.7 5.1 8.0 8.5 9.3 8.1 4.5
(2.85) (3.17) (4.33) (2.93) (3.43) (3.34) (2.62) (2.81) (4.31) (5.44) (4.23) (3.91)
Disagree a lot 3.9 8.9 0.4 7.4 6.6 5.0 2.9 4.7 4.3 4.7 6.3 #
(1.76) (2.71) (0.76) (2.75) (3.24) (2.73) (2.00) (2.19) (3.14) (3.96) (3.77)  
# 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.

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