Sec. 17b-608. (Formerly Sec. 17-608). Persons with disabilities. Definition.
Sec. 17b-608. (Formerly Sec. 17-608). Persons with disabilities. Definition. For
the purposes of sections 17b-609 and 17b-610, "persons with disabilities" shall mean
persons having disabilities which (1) are attributable to a mental or physical impairment
or a combination of mental and physical impairments; (2) are likely to continue indefinitely; (3) result in functional limitations in one or more of the following areas of major
life activity: Self care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living or economic self-sufficiency; and (4) reflect 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 individually planned and coordinated.
(P.A. 89-189, S. 1, 4.)
History: Sec. 17-608 transferred to Sec. 17b-608 in 1995.