27B-1-18. Developmental disability defined.
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A developmental disability is any severe, chronic disability of a person that:
(1)Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
(2)Is manifested before the person attains age twenty - two;
(3)Is likely to continue indefinitely;
(4)Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self - care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self - direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self - sufficiency; and
(5)Reflects the person's need for an array of generic services, met through a system of individualized planning and supports over an extended time, including those of a life - long duration.