What is a “substantial disability”?

This is a disability that results in “significant functional limitations” in three or more of the following areas, as determined by a Regional Center and as compared to a child or young adult’s same-age typically developed peers:

• Self-care

• Receptive and expressive language

• Learning

• Mobility

• Self-direction

• Capacity for independent living

• Economic self-sufficiency

For more information, check out our article Regional Center 101.