Section 1.2: Defining Disability, Part 1
What is a disability?
The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1999) specifies the following definition of disability:
Disability.--The term "disability" means, with respect to an individual-- [ 5 
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- a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual;
- a record of such an impairment; or
- being regarded as having such an impairment.
Major life activities include activities such as: [ 26 ]
- Seeing
- Hearing
- Speaking
- Walking
- Breathing
- Performing manual tasks
- Learning
- Caring for oneself
- Working
