98 STAT. 2664
PUBLIC LAW 98-527—OCT. 19, 1984 "(7) The term 'developmental disability' means a severe, chronic disability of a person which— "(A) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments; "(B) is manifested before the person attains age twentytwo; "(C) is likely to continue indefinitely; "(D) results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: (i) selfcare, (ii) receptive and expressive language, (iii) learning, (iv) mobility, (v) self-direction, (vi) capacity for independent living, and (vii) economic self-sufficiency; and "(E) reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. "(8) The term 'independence' means the extent to which persons with developmental disabilities exert control and choice over their own lives. "(9) The term 'productivity' means— "(A) engagement in income-producing work by a person with developmental disabilities which is measured through improvements in income level, employment status, or job advancement, or "(B) engagement by a person with developmental disabilities in work which contributes to a household or community. "(10) The term 'integration' means— "(A)the— "(i) use by persons with developmental disabilities of the same community resources that are used by and available to other citizens, and "(ii) participation by persons with developmental disabilities in the same community activities in which nonhandicapped citizens participate, together with regular contact with nonhandicapped citizens, and "(B) the residence by persons with developmental disabilities in homes or in home-like settings which are in proximity to community resources, together with regular contact with nonhandicapped citizens in their communities. "(11)(A) The term 'services for persons with developmental disabilities' means— "(i) priority services; and "(ii) any other specialized services or special adaptations of generic services for persons with developmental disabilities, including diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, personal care, day care, domiciliary care, special living arrangements, training, education, sheltered employment, recreation and socialization, counseling of the person with such disability and the family of such person, protective and other social and sociolegal services, information and referral services, follow-along services, nonvocational social-developmental services, transportation services necessary to assure delivery of services to persons with developmental disabilities, and services to promote and coordinate activities to prevent developmental disabilities.
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