The general definition DDS uses for ‘extreme’ means a limitation where the individual's impairment interferes very seriously with the abilities listed. 

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DDS evaluates one’s ability to acquire and use information, attend and complete tasks, interact and relate with others, move and manipulate other objects, ability to care for themself, and one's health and physical well being. A child must mark two of these domains or have an ‘extreme’ limitation in one domain, then the impairment functionally equals the listing. 

Basis for Determining if an Impairment Functionally Equals the Listings

Ordp, O. (n.d.). Understanding Supplemental Security Income (SSI)-- If You Are Disabled or Blind. Retrieved from https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-disable-ussi.htm#sgact

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The general definition DDS uses for ‘marked’ means that when an individual's impairment interferes with the ability to initiate, sustain, or complete activities. 


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