Jack Hefner Award
Current Winner
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What is a Developmental Disability?
- North Carolina General Statute 122C-3(12a) defines a developmental disability as "a severe, chronic disability of a person which:
- is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
- is manifested before the person attains age 22, unless the disability is caused by traumatic head injury and is manifested after age 22;
- is likely to continue indefinitely;
- results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following area of major life activity:
- self-care
- receptive (understanding) and expressive language
- learningmobility (ability to move)
- self-direction (motivation)
- the capacity for independent living
- economic self-sufficiency
- reflects the person's need for a combination or sequence of special, interdisciplinary, generic services, individual supports, or other forms of assistance which are of a lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated;
- an individual from birth to age nine, inclusive, who has a substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition, may be considered to have a developmental disability without meeting at least three of the above "areas of major life activities," if the individual, without services and supports, has a high probability of meeting those criteria later in life."
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