§333E-2  Developmental disabilities,definitions.  For the purposes of this chapter, the term “developmentaldisability” means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:

(1)  Is attributable to a mental or physicalimpairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;

(2)  Is manifested before the person attains agetwenty-two;

(3)  Is likely to continue indefinitely;

(4)  Results in substantial functional limitations inthree or more of the following areas of major life activity; self-care, receptiveand expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity forindependent living, economic sufficiency; and

(5)  Reflects the individual’s need for a combinationand sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic services, individualizedsupport, or other forms of assistance that are lifelong or extended durationand are individually planned and coordinated.  An individual from birth to agenine, who has a substantial developmental delay or specific congenital oracquired condition, may be considered to have a developmental disabilitywithout meeting three or more of the criteria described above, if theindividual, without services and support, has a high probability of meetingthose criteria later in life. [L 1975, c 198, §2; am L 1976, c 201, §1; am L1979, c 180, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 175, §2]