Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-8.5

• Developmental disabilities: 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;

  (2) Is manifested before the person attains age twenty-two;

  (3) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

  (4) Results in substantial functional limitations in three 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 sufficiency; and

  (5) Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1

• Services: means appropriate assistance provided to a person with a developmental or intellectual disability in the least restrictive, individually appropriate environment to provide for basic living requirements and continuing development of independence or interdependent living skills of the person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1