Within Airtable and in our system, we have a field that holds information about disabilities a student may have. The codes within here closely align with the disabilities outlined by Minnesota Department of Education, along with some other items we have included. Below, we have the main categories for disabilities as they exist in our records.
MDE Disability Categories
| Code | Disability Name | Description |
| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder | Students who have been diagnosed with a disorder on the autism spectrum |
| B/VI | Blind/Visually Impaired | Includes students whose vision is no better than 20/60, legally blind, or who have a limited visual field of 20 degrees or less |
| CDMM | DCD: Mild-Moderate | Mildly to moderately disabled individuals whose development rate is 2/3 to 1/2 average in intellectual and adaptive behavior |
| CDSP | DCD: Severe-Profound | Severely disabled individuals whose development rate is 1/2 to 1/3 the average rate in intellectual and adaptive behaviors |
| D/B | Deaf-Blind | Consists of students who have both conditions, and their needs cannot be accommodated solely in D/HH or B/VI settings |
| D/D | Developmentally Delayed | For students six or under with a condition that can result in delay or disorder, or those significantly below the norm in growth |
| D/HH | Deaf/Hard of Hearing | Students whose hearing loss is so severe they cannot process information thru hearing, to permanent or fluctuating impairment |
| EBD | Emotional or Behavioral Disorder | Students whose condition makes it tough to learn, build relationships, negative moods, physical symptoms, or fears with school |
| OHD | Other Health Disabilities | Students with limited strength or vitality due to chronic or acute health problems that may affect their transportation |
| PI | Physically Impaired | Students whose impairments are caused by congenital anomaly, disease, or injury that may adversely affect their ability to ride |
| S/LI | Speech/Language Impaired | Includes speech impaired, speech disabled and communicatively impaired students |
| SLD | Specific Learning Disabilities | Those with disorders that make understanding or communicating difficult when listening, thinking, speaking reading, or writing |
| SMI | Severely Multiply Impaired | A student who has been assessed and found to have two or more disability conditions |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury | Students who have brain injuries caused by external physical force, or internal occurrence resulting in impairment |
Transfer Protocols
| Code | Disability Name | Description |
| E/E | Eye to Eye Transfer | Students who must be visually seen making contact with a parent or staff at the school or home before leaving |
| H/H | Hand to Hand Transfer | Students who must be physically escorted from parent to vehicle, from vehicle to school, or vice-versa |
| IND | Independent Transfer | Students who do not need to be escorted or seen meeting a parent or staff; Vehicle will leave once they enter their location |