DEFINITION

Developmental disability is a term used to describe life-long disabilities attributable to mental and/or physical or combination of mental and physical impairments, manifested prior to age twenty-two. The term is used most commonly in the United States to refer to disabilities affecting daily functioning in three or more of the following areas:

• capacity for independent living
• economic self-sufficiency
• learning
• mobility
• receptive and expressive language
• self-care
• self-direction

• Kansas Community Developmental Disability Organizations
• The ARC of Sedgwick County
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren With Developmental Disabilities