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Developmental Disabilities |
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Developmental disability is defined as the following through the Developmental Disability and Bill of Rights Act Amendment of 1987:
A severe, chronic disability of a person that:
- is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental or physical impairments;
- is manifested before the age twenty-two;
- is likely to continue indefinitely;
- 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,
- economic sufficiency; and
- reflects the persons need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment or other services that are lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned or coordinated.
Introduction to Recreation Services for People with Disabilities.
2nd Edition. Charles C. Bullock and Michael J. Mahon.
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