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 / 108 STAT. 290 PUBLIC LAW 103-230—APR. 6, 1994 "(B) enhance the capacity of families to meet the special needs of their infants, toddlers, and young children. "(10) EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES.—The term 'employment activities' means such priority area activities as will increase the independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion into the community of individuals with developmental disabilities in work settings. "(11) FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE. —The term 'family support service' means services, supports, and other assistance provided to families with members with developmental disabilities that are designed to— "(A) strengthen the famil3r's role as primary caregiver; "(B) prevent inappropriate out-of-the-home placement and maintain family unity; and "(C) reunite families with members who have been placed out of the home, whenever possible. Such term includes respite care, rehabilitation technology, personal assistance services, parent training and counseling, support for elderly parents, vehicular and home modifications, and assistance with extraordinary expenses associated with the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. "(12) FEDERAL PRIORITY AREAS. —The term 'Federal priority areas' means community living activities, employment activities, child development activities, and system coordination and community education activities. "(13) INDEPENDENCE. — The term 'independence' means the extent to which individuals with developmental disabilities exert control and choice over their own lives. "(14) INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTS. —The term 'individual supports' means services, supports, and other assistance that enable an individual with a developmental disability to be independent, productive, integrated, and included into such individual's community, and that are designed to— "(A) enable such individual to control such individual's environment, permitting the most independent life possible; "(B) prevent placement into a more restrictive living arrangement than is necessary; and "(C) enable such individual to live, learn, work, and enjoy life in the community. Such term includes personal assistance services, rehabilitation technology, vehicular and home modifications, support at work, and transportation. "(15) INTEGRATION AND INCLUSION.—The term 'integration and inclusion', with respect to individuals with developmental disabilities, means— "(A) the use by individuals with developmental disabilities of the same conmiunity resources that are used by and available to other citizens; "(B) living in homes close to community resources, with regular contact with citizens without disabilities in their communities; "(C) the full and active participation by individuals with developmental disabilities in the same community activities and types of employment as citizens without disabilities, and utilization of the same community resources as citizens without disabilities, living, learning.

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