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Information About Developmental Disabilities Services
The Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities serves as the Single Point of Entry for people with developmental disabilities who are seeking supports or services through Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals .Visit or call the Regional Office closest to you, and staff will assist you in applying for services. Use the Regional Map page, click on the region where you live to find the contact information for your area. In order to qualify for supports and services a person must have a developmental disability as defined by the Developmental Disability Law in Louisiana Revised Statute 28:451.2. Developmental disability means either: o is attributable to an intellectual or physical impairment or combination of intellectual and physical impairments. o is manifested before the person reaches age twenty-two. o is likely to continue indefinitely. o 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, economic self-sufficiency. o is not attributed solely to mental illness. o reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated, or · A substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition in a person from birth through age nine which, without services and support, has a high probability of resulting in those criteria (listed above) later in life that may be considered to be a developmental disability. ________________________________________________________ For Information Contact: 7/15/08 |
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