What is a Developmental Disability?

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What is a Developmental Disability?

"Developmental Disability" means:
A severe, chronic disability of an individual that:
 • Is attributable to an intellectual or physical impairment or combination of intellectual and physical impairments.
 • Is manifested before the individual reaches age 22.
 • Is likely to continue indefinitely.
 • Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas of major life activity:
 • Self-care.
 • Receptive and expressive language.
 • Learning.
 • Mobility.
 • Self-direction.
 • Capacity for independent living.
 • Economic self-sufficiency.

Is not attributed solely to mental illness.

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