Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) "Advocacy" means to act in the interest of
individuals with developmental disabilities in accordance with the purposes of
this chapter.
(2) "Assistive technology device" is any item, equipment or product
system that is used to increase, maintain or improve functional capabilities
of individuals with disabilities.
(3) "Assistive technology service" is any service which directly assists
an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an
assistive technology device.
(4) "Council" means the Idaho state council on developmental
disabilities.
(5) A "developmental disability" means a severe and chronic disability of
an individual that:
(a) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of
mental and physical impairments;
(b) Is manifested before the individual attains age twenty-two (22)
years;
(c) Is likely to continue indefinitely;
(d) Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of
the following areas of major life activity:
(i) Self-care;
(ii) Receptive and expressive language;
(iii) Learning;
(iv) Mobility;
(v) Self-direction;
(vi) Capacity for independent living; or
(vii) Economic self-sufficiency; and
(e) Reflects the need for a combination and sequence of special,
interdisciplinary, or generic services, individualized supports or other
forms of assistance which are:
(i) Of lifelong or extended duration, and
(ii) Individually planned and coordinated.
(6) "Inclusion" means the acceptance and encouragement of the presence
and participation of individuals with developmental disabilities, by
individuals without disabilities, in social, educational, work and community
activities, that enables individuals with developmental disabilities to:
(a) Have friendships and relationships with individuals and families of
their own choice;
(b) Live in homes close to community resources;
(c) Enjoy full access to and active participation in the same community
activities and types of employment as individuals without disabilities;
(d) Take full advantage of their integration in a manner that allows them
to live, learn, work and enjoy life in regular contact with individuals
without disabilities;
(e) Enjoy full and equal access to appropriate assistive technology
devices and services and to information and electronic technology.
(7) "Individualized supports" means supports that:
(a) Enable an individual with a developmental disability to exercise
self-determination, be independent, be productive, and be integrated and
included in all facets of community life;
(b) Are designed to:
(i) Enable such individual to control such individual's
environment, permitting the most independent life possible;
(ii) Prevent placement into a more restrictive living arrangement
than necessary;
(iii) Enable such individual to live, learn[,] work, and enjoy life
in the community;
(c) Include:
(i) Early intervention services;
(ii) Respite care;
(iii) Personal assistance services;
(iv) Family support services;
(v) Supported employment services;
(vi) Support services for families headed by aging caregivers of
individuals with developmental disabilities;
(vii) Provision of assistive technology devices and services; and
(viii) Transportation services.
(8) "Integration" means exercising the equal right of individuals with
developmental disabilities to access and use the same community resources as
are used by and available to other individuals.
(9) "Productivity" means:
(a) Engagement in income-producing work that is measured by increased
income, improved employment status, or job advancement; or
(b) Engagement in work that contributes to a household or community.
(10) "Self-determination" means that individuals with developmental
disabilities have, with appropriate assistance:
(a) The ability and opportunity to communicate and make personal
decisions;
(b) The ability and opportunity to communicate choices and exercise
control over the type and intensity of services, supports and other
assistance the individuals receive;
(c) The authority to control resources to obtain needed services,
supports and other assistance;
(d) Opportunities to participate in and contribute to their communities;
(e) Financial and other support necessary to:
(i) Advocate for themselves and others;
(ii) Develop leadership skills, through training in self-advocacy;
(iii) Participate in coalitions;
(iv) Educate policymakers; and
(v) Play a role in the development of public policies that affect
individuals with developmental disabilities.

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