What is Severely Multiply Impaired?

From the Minnesota Department of Education: Severely multiply impaired (SMI) means a pupil who has severe learning and developmental problems resulting from two or more disability conditions.

The team shall determine that a pupil is eligible as being severely multiply impaired if the pupil meets the criteria for two or more of the following disabilities:

• deaf or hard of hearing
• physically impaired
• developmental cognitive disability: severe-profound range
• visually impaired
• emotional or behavioral disorders
• autism spectrum disorders