Section 20 ILCS 1705/48.1 - "Developmental Disabilities" definitionThe 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.