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Headcount of students by disabilities or diverse abilities (special needs) funding code: *Category A – Physically Dependent *Category B – Deafblind *Category C – Moderate to Profound Intellectual Disability *Category D – Physical Disability / Chronic Health Impairment *Category E – Visual Impairment *Category F – Deaf or Hard of Hearing *Category G – Autism Spectrum Disorder *Category H – Intensive Behaviour Intervention / Serious Mental Illness *Category K – Mild Intellectual Disability *Category P – Gifted *Category Q – Learning Disability (formerly category J) *Category R – Moderate Behaviour Support/Mental Illness (formerly categories M and N)

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Name	Format	Description	Link
History of Disabilities and Diverse Abilities (Special Needs) Data Collection	PDF		https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1e730ea9-dd19-4c22-aa95-fe644efc7a06/resource/67f1adfa-a907-4fb7-8dec-7f55f071d713/download/history-of-special-needs-data-collection.pdf
Student Headcount by Disabilities and Diverse Abilities 1996/97 to 2025/26	XLS		https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1e730ea9-dd19-4c22-aa95-fe644efc7a06/resource/71949035-a7ba-4925-a86e-90a776be2b11/download/student_headcount_by_disabilities_or_diverse_abilities_1991-1992_to_2025-2026.xlsx
Student Headcount by Disabilities and Diverse Abilities Category field definitions	PDF		https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1e730ea9-dd19-4c22-aa95-fe644efc7a06/resource/8910a337-1535-4218-b635-07af626f065c/download/student-headcount-by-diverse-abilities-category-field-definitions-2024-12.pdf
Student Headcount by Disabilities and Diverse Abilities 1996/97 to 2025/26	CSV		https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1e730ea9-dd19-4c22-aa95-fe644efc7a06/resource/ab33bc93-ca6c-4e87-a89b-43b354ec2648/download/student_headcount_by_disabilities_or_diverse_abilities_1991-1992_to_2025-2026.csv
Working with the Student Headcount by Disabilities and Diverse Abilities Category extract	PDF		https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/1e730ea9-dd19-4c22-aa95-fe644efc7a06/resource/d68b9441-31b0-46ce-b0be-9c617d09e841/download/working-with-the-diverse-abilities-headcount-extract-2024-12.pdf
Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca)	HTML		https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/student-headcount-by-disabilities-or-diverse-abilities-category

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