2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 46a - Human Rights
Chapter 813 - Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
Section 46a-8 - Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter the term “person with a disability” means any person who has a physical, mental, emotional or other disability or disfunction which constitutes a significant obstacle to such person’s ability to function normally in society and includes those persons defined as developmentally disabled under Public Law 94-103 and any subsequent amendments thereto.
(P.A. 77-589, S. 2, 9; P.A. 94-87, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 94-87 changed reference from “handicapped person” to “person with a disability” and changed reference from “handicap” to “obstacle”.
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