Different services are available in each county in the state of Hawaii for children with severe to profound disabilities. Services, however, focus more on what they can do for these children, rather than how these services could support a better quality of life for children with severe to profound disabilities. To ensure a better quality of life for these children, one should consider how different numbers of children might mean different services, why duplication of services for these children is not available in every county, and why there is only one one-of-a-kind service. According to McMaster University, “quality of life is the combination of objectively and subjectively indicated well-being in multiple areas of life considered salient in one's culture and time, in compliance with universal standards of human rights”. But how can this be true when the services provided to these people depend on the number of children in that area, meaning that certain services are only available to a certain number of children. For example, if there are only ten students classified as severe to profound, this means that they are only being provided with certain services because the numbers are too small to receive the full capacity of the services they may need. In this way, children are deprived of the right education and services they need to ensure a better quality of life. In the IDEA student eligibility category – Aggregate report shows that there is more than one special child in each selected island. This means that the services needed for these children should not focus on numbers alone because some islands will have fewer children with severe to profound disabilities due to their location, but this should not... middle of paper... .actual disability. European Commission. September 25, 2011. King, Susanne, Heidi Schwellnus, Dianne Russell, Laura Shapiro, and Omar Aboelele. "Assessing the quality of life of children and young people with disabilities: a review of available measures". Can Child Center for Childhood Disability Research. 2005. CanChild Center for Childhood Disability Research. September 27, 2011 "Mental retardation". Advice for exceptional children. 2011. Council for Exceptional Children. September 27, 2011. Westling, David L. and Lise Fox. Teaching students with severe disabilities. 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Personal Education.