Atlanta Public Schools adhere to the following Exceptional Education eligibility guidelines as presented by the Georgia Department of Education.

• Autism
• Deafblind
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH)
• Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
• Intellectual Disabilities
• Orthopedic Impairment
• Other Health Impairment
• Significant Developmental Delay
• Specific Learning Disability
• Speech Language Impairment
• Traumatic Brain Injury