Langley Residential Support Services
Langley Residential Support Services
Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Developmental disability means a severe, chronic disability of an individual that

(i) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment, or a combination of mental and physical impairments, other than a sole diagnosis of mental illness;
(ii) is manifested before the individual reaches 22 years of age;
(iii) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(iv) 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, or economic self-sufficiency; and
(v) reflects the individual's need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic services, individualized supports, or other forms of assistance that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.