#### 5 Cognitive impairment 5 Cognitive impairment > > (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person has a cognitive impairment if— > > > > > (a) the person has an ongoing impairment in adaptive functioning, and > > > > > (b) the person has an ongoing impairment in comprehension, reason, judgment, learning or memory, and > > > > > (c) the impairments result from damage to or dysfunction, developmental delay or deterioration of the person’s brain or mind that may arise from a condition set out in subsection (2) or for other reasons. > > > (2) A cognitive impairment may arise from any of the following conditions but may also arise for other reasons— > > > > > (a) intellectual disability, > > > > > (b) borderline intellectual functioning, > > > > > (c) dementia, > > > > > (d) an acquired brain injury, > > > > > (e) drug or alcohol related brain damage, including foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, > > > > > (f) autism spectrum disorder.

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