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

Table 10.  Youth's reported perceptions of school safety, by disability category

School safety 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 at school they feel:                        
Very safe 35.5 37.1 43.9 45.3 46.8 52.0 39.4 37.7 52.6 47.3 45.7 48.3
(4.35) (4.55) (5.91) (5.25) (6.49) (6.26) (5.91) (5.02) (7.73) (9.47) (7.72) (9.42)
Pretty safe 56.5 55.5 51.5 41.6 44.8 45.7 55.3 55.3 43.4 47.4 42.7 47.2
(4.51) (4.68) (5.96) (5.20) (6.47) (6.24) (6.01) (5.15) (7.67) (9.47) (7.66) (9.41)
Not very or not at all safe 7.9 7.4 4.6 13.1 8.4 2.3 5.3 7.1 4.0 5.2 11.6 4.5
(2.45) (2.46) (2.50) (3.56) (3.61) (1.88) (2.71) (2.66) (3.03) (4.21) (4.96) (3.91)
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.