DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter:

(1) "Assistance" or "support services" means a subsidy granted by the department to provide support to a client.

(2) "Client" means a person with a disability who lives independently or a family who receives assistance under this chapter.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

(4) "Family" means a group that consists of a person with a disability and that person's parent, legal guardian, spouse, or sibling and may include others.

(5) "Legal guardian" means a person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to exercise powers over a person with a disability.

(6) "Other support programs" means:

(A) all forms of local, state, or federal support services other than those established by this chapter;

(B) contract programs; or

(C) support provided by public or private funds for persons with disabilities or their families.

(7) "Parent" includes only a natural, foster, surrogate, or adoptive parent.

(8) "Person with a disability" includes a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities or has a record of such an impairment. This term does not include an individual whose impairment is a communicable disease.