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Developmental Disability means a disability attributable to mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or other neurological handicapping condition that requires training or support similar to that required by individuals with mental retardation,
and
the disability:
- Originates before the individual attains the age of 22 years, except that in the case of mental retardation the condition must be manifested before the age of 18; and
- Has continued, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely; and
- Constitutes a substantial handicap to the ability of the person to function in society; or
- Results in significant subaverage general intellectual functioning with concurrent deficits in adaptive behavior that are manifested during the developmental period. Individuals of borderline intelligence may be considered to have mental retardation if there is also serious impairment of adaptive behavior.
- Definitions and classifications shall be consistent with the "Manual of Terminology Classification in Mental Retardation" by the American Association on Mental Deficiency, 1977 Revision. Mental retardation is synonymous with mental deficiency.
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