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Document Arizona DDD eligibility
Build the record around a qualifying diagnosis, onset, expected duration, and three substantial functional limitations.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Use the DDD eligibility application checklistBefore you start
- Qualified diagnostic evaluation, evidence the disability began before age 18 and is likely to continue, medical and school records, and concrete evidence of serious limitation in at least three official daily-life areas.
Who to contact
Use the official DDD, AHCCCS, Support Coordinator, qualified-provider, review, appeal, grievance, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Index the record to the qualifying diagnosis, onset, duration, and functional requirements.
- Use current examples from daily life, school, employment, health, and support records.
- Ask the Eligibility Specialist to identify any missing or disputed element in writing.
Expected next
A request for evidence, completed review, eligibility approval, or denial notice.
Save this proof
Evidence index, evaluations, records, submissions, requests, and decision.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask DDD which exact diagnosis, evaluator qualification, onset, duration, or functional element remains unsupported.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Document Arizona DDD eligibility checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result or confirmation
- Current open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Start the Arizona DDD eligibility process, Use the DDD eligibility application checklist
Official resources
Limits
Autism is a qualifying diagnosis, but autism alone does not prove onset, expected duration, three substantial functional limitations, ALTCS eligibility, or service entitlement.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.