Connecticut General Statutes 53a-181i – Intimidation based on bigotry or bias: Definitions
For the purposes of sections 53a-181j to 53a-181l, inclusive:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 53a-181i
- intellectual disability: means a significant limitation in intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that originated during the developmental period before eighteen years of age. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1g
- Person: means a human being, and, where appropriate, a public or private corporation, a limited liability company, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a government or a governmental instrumentality. See Connecticut General Statutes 53a-3
(1) “Disability” means physical disability, mental disability or intellectual disability;
(2) “Gender identity or expression” means a person‘s gender-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth;
(3) “Mental disability” means one or more mental disorders, as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”;
(4) “Intellectual disability” has the same meaning as provided in § 1-1g; and
(5) “Physical disability” means any chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from illness, including, but not limited to, blindness, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of hearing or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device.