41-2451. Definitions


In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:


1. "Council" means the governor's council on developmental disabilities.


2. "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person that:


(a) Is attributable to mental or physical impairment such as mental retardation,
cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism.


(b) Is manifest before age eighteen.


(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) Self-care.


(ii) Receptive and expressive language.


(iii) Learning.


(iv) Mobility.


(v) Self-direction.


(vi) Capacity for independent living.


(vii) Economic self-sufficiency.


(e) Reflects the need for a combination and sequence of individually planned or
coordinated special, interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services that
are of lifelong or extended duration.


3. "District advisory council" means a local volunteer organization that may
receive funding from the council in:


(a) Implementing the developmental disabilities assistance and bill of rights act
(42 United States Code section 6000).


(b) Identifying and serving the needs of persons with developmental disabilities
and their families.


(c) Providing education and enhancing public awareness about developmental
disabilities to the local community.