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.