A
disabled person is one who has a disability that interferes with his or her abiltiy to perform one or more activities of everyday living. For example, locomotion, speech, getting dressed, going outside, communicating with others.
Note:This definition is based on the one given in the Americans with Disabilities Act, a
law in the USA, enacted in July 1990.
- [Physical Disability]?
- [Mobility Impairment]?
- Paralysis
- Amputation?
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinsons Disease
- Cerebral Palsy
- Muscular Dystropy
- Arthritis
- [Rheumatoid Arthitis]?
- OsteoArthritis?
- Stroke
- ...
- [Visual Impairment]?
- Blindness
- [Low Vision]?
- [Color Blindness]?
- Cataract?
- ...
- [Hearing Impairment]?
- [Chronic Disease]?
- Cancer
- AIDS
- [Renal Failure]?
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Tuberculosis
- Diabetes
- Hypoglycemia
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- ...
- [Spinal Cord Injury]?
- [Traumatic Brain Injury]?
- ....
- [Mental Disability]?
- Alzheimers Disease
- Phobia
- Agoraphobia?
- Aleurophobia?
- ...
- [Anxiety Disorder]?
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- [Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]?
- Schizophrenia
- ....
- [Developmental Disability]?
- Dyslexia
- [Downs Sydrome]?
- [Attention Deficit Disorder]?
- Hyperactivity?
- Autism
- ....
- [Other Disabilities]?
- [Substance Abuse]?
- Alcoholism
- [Illegal Drug Abuse]?
- [Perscription Drug Abuse]?
- ...
- Senility?
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