Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 435.121

• Developmental disability: means autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or any other neurological condition diagnosed by a qualified professional that:

  (a) Is manifested before the person affected attains the age of 22 years;

  (b) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

  (c) Results in substantial functional limitations, as measured by a qualified professional, in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:

  (1) Taking care of oneself;

  (2) Understanding and use of language;

  (3) Learning;

  (4) Mobility;

  (5) Self-direction; and

  (6) Capacity for independent living; and

  (d) Results in the person affected requiring a combination of individually planned and coordinated services, support or other assistance that is lifelong or has an extended duration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007

• Division: means the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
• Intellectual and developmental disability center: means an organized program for providing appropriate services and treatment to persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with developmental disabilities. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
• Intellectual disability: means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007
• Person: includes a child and any other consumer with an intellectual disability and a child or any other consumer with a developmental disability who has attained the age of 18 years. See Nevada Revised Statutes 435.007