Oklahoma Code § 10-1408

Title 10. Children: Definitions
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A.  "Individual with intellectual disability" as used in
Sections 1406 through 1424 of this title means a person who has
significantly subaverage functioning, intelligence quotient of less

than seventy (70), manifested before the age of eighteen (18) and
existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more of the
following applicable adaptive skill areas:
1.  Communication;
2.  Self-care;
3.  Home living;
4.  Social skills;
5.  Use of community resources;
6.  Self-direction;
7.  Health and safety;
8.  Functional academics;
9.  Leisure; and
10.  Work.
B.  "Resident" as used in Sections 1406 through 1424 of this
title shall mean a person admitted to and in residence in any of the
institutions named in Section 1406 of this title, or on a vacation
or extended vacation status from such institution.
C.  "Developmental disability" as used in Sections 1406 through
1424 of this title means a severe, chronic disability of a person
which:
1.  Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or
combination of mental and physical impairments, such as intellectual
developmental disorder, cerebral palsy, or autism;
2.  Is manifested before the person attains twenty-two (22)
years of age;
3.  Is likely to continue indefinitely;
4.  Results in substantial functional limitations in three or
more of the following areas of major life activity:
a. self-care,
b. receptive and expressive language,
c. learning,
d. mobility,
e. self-direction,
f. capacity for independent living, and
g. economic self-sufficiency; and
5.  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.  The term developmental
disability shall not include mentally ill persons, as those persons
are defined by Section 1-103 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes,
whose sole disability is mental illness.
D.  Nothing in subsection C of this section shall be construed
to render persons who are receiving services upon September 1, 1991,
through programs and services for individuals with intellectual
disabilities offered by the Department of Human Services as
ineligible for such services.  The Department of Human Services may

provide, within the limitations of funds and other resources
available for such purpose, programs and services for persons with
developmental disabilities who are not presently served by the
Department of Human Services.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 37, § 2, eff. July 1, 1963.  Renumbered from
§ 302 of Title 56 by Laws 1982, c. 312, § 48, emerg. eff. May 28,
1982.  Amended by Laws 1983, c. 128, § 2, operative July 1, 1983;

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