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Criteria
To Receive
Services-
Developmental
Disability
In most states, a person shall be
determined to have a developmental disability and be found eligible to receive
services if the disabling condition meets all of the following criteria:
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is manifested before an individual attains age 22;
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continues, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely;
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constitutes a substantial handicap for such an
individual;
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is attributable to mental retardation or to related
conditions which include cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism or other neurological
conditions when such conditions result in impairment of general intellectual
functioning or adaptive behavior similar to that of a person with mental
retardation;
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or, if under age five, the person is determined to be at
risk of such, and require treatment or services similar to those required by
children with mental retardation.
What constitutes a "substantial
handicap?" A
"substantial handicap" is one of such severity that, along or in
connection with social, legal or economic constraints:
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it prohibits the individual from living independently
without assistance when appropriate to their age level, and
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the person requires the provision of a specialized
program of developmental services.
This does not include handicapping conditions that are:
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solely physical in nature,
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psychiatric disorders without the presence of a
developmental disability,
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specific learning disabilities, in areas such as reading
or mathematics.
This information may be reproduced but not altered in any way. Excerpted from the training curriculum, "Working with Families with Children/Parents with Developmental Disabilities". Developed by Natasha Green, B.A. and Virginia Cruz, D.S.W., The Social Work Program, Metropolitan State College of Denver, PO Box 173362, Campus Box 70, Denver, Colorado, 80217. E-mail: Info@DevelopmentalDisability.org
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