Guidelines for Reasonable Accommodations and Disabilities (GRAD)
Armstrong Injunction Requirements
Mental/ Psychological Disorders
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES:
The Welfare and Institutions Code 4512 (Lanterman Act) defines developmental disability as a disability which originates before an individual attains the age of 18, continues, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely, and constitutes a substantial disability for that individual.
Types of Developmental Disabilities:
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Mental Retardation
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Cerebral Palsy
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Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Epilepsy
Some characteristics include:
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Communication below age level
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Short attention span and memory
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Immature social relationships
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Overly compliant
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Poor sense of time
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Difficulty with simple tasks
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Does not understand the consequences of actions
CDC Criteria: CDC identifies inmates as developmentally disabled who have an IQ of or under 75 and who require adaptive support services.
Adaptive functioning refers to a person’s ability to perform activities of daily living and cope with everyday interactions and events.
Developmental disability includes substantial limitation in adaptive functioning in one or more of the following areas:
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Receptive and expressive self care
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Language
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Learning
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Mobility
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Self-direction
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Capacity for independent living economic self-sufficiency
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Self-advocacy/use of resources, social skills & health and safety
People with developmental disabilities are often aware that others learn more quickly, often consider themselves as being mistaken or wrong, and they are often told so.
They come to rely on others for guidance and direction and become trusting of others, especially of persons with authority such as teachers and police officers.
This makes them sensitive to response shaping, mild coercion, coaching, hints, and other verbal and nonverbal questions.