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What is a “substantial disability”?

What is a “substantial disability”?


Published: Feb. 2, 2022Updated: Mar. 17, 2022

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.

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