(20 ILCS 1705/48.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-48.1)
Sec. 48.1.
The Governor's Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities shall plan using the definition of developmental disabilities
found in the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of
Rights Act (Public Law 95-602), as amended. For current planning purposes,
developmental disabilities is defined as a severe, chronic disability of a person which:
(a) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of
mental and physical impairments;
(b) is manifested before the person attains age 22;
(c) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(d) results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of the
following areas of major life activity: self care, receptive and expressive
language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent
living and economic self-sufficiency; and
(e) reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special
interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services which are of
lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.
(Source: P.A. 84-1367.)
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