- Person-directed planning services and supports (assisting a person to
define their goals, life vision etc); - Any other prescribed services and supports.
Each of these services is defined in the Act^25.
I. Who is Covered
- Proving Eligibility
The Act applies to persons who have been labelled with a developmental
disability or intellectual disability, who are resident in Ontario and are at least age
- The term “residency” is not defined in the Act or Regulations. The Policy
Directive for Application Entities states that an applicant must prove residency
with a document that contains the applicant’s name and address. Some clients
may not have such a document.
For the purposes of the Social Inclusion Act, a person has a “developmental
disability” if:
the person has the prescribed significant limitations in cognitive functioning
and adaptive functioning and those limitations,
(a) originated before the person reached 18 years of age;
(b) are likely to be life-long in nature; and
(c) affect areas of major life activity, such as personal care, language skills,
learning abilities, the capacity to live independently as an adult or any other
prescribed activity.
According to Policy Directive for Application Entities, “Confirmation of Eligibility
for Ministry-Funded Adult Developmental Services and Supports^26 ”:
(^25) Supra note 2 ss 3(2)
(^26) Online: Ministry of Community and Social Services, “Policy Directive for Application Entities”
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/publications/developmentalServices/policy_application/2_dir
ectives.aspx