Listing 12.11
Neurodevelopmental disorders
This listing covers disorders that begin in childhood or adolescence, such as ADHD, specific learning disorders, borderline intellectual functioning, and tic disorders like Tourette syndrome.
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SSA requires medical documentation of attention/hyperactivity problems, learning difficulties, or recurrent tics (paragraph A) AND serious limits in daily mental functioning (paragraph B). Both A and B are required.
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What Listing 12.11 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 2 items
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- Your medical records must document one of three patterns:
- Frequent distractibility and trouble organizing tasks, and/or hyperactive-impulsive behavior
- Significant difficulty learning and using academic skills (like reading, writing, or math)
- Recurring tics — sudden movements or vocal sounds. Only one path is needed.
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Your medical records must document one of three patterns: (1) frequent distractibility and trouble organizing tasks, and/or hyperactive-impulsive behavior; (2) significant difficulty learning and using academic skills (like reading, writing, or math); or (3) recurring tics — sudden movements or vocal sounds. Only one path is needed.
(Listing 12.11, criterion A)
- Your condition must also cause an 'extreme' limit in one, or a 'marked' (serious) limit in two, of these areas: understanding and using information, getting along with others, staying focused and keeping pace, or managing yourself.
- Both A and B are required.
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Your condition must also cause an 'extreme' limit in one, or a 'marked' (serious) limit in two, of these areas: understanding and using information, getting along with others, staying focused and keeping pace, or managing yourself. Both A and B are required.
(Listing 12.11, criterion B)
How long it must last:
No listing-specific duration language; the general requirement applies — the impairment must have lasted or be expected to last at least 12 continuous months.