It raises questions over whether the government truly understands that the permanent use of a wheelchair is not the only definition of disability.
Disability isn't just medical, it's social and educational: I feel the development sector focuses too much on the medical definition of disability, so disabled people are viewed in terms of their ability to function.
Implicit in the UPIAS definition of disability are two ways that society imposes limitations on disabled people, corresponding to two distinct strands of the social model.
For the same reason, we have had to expand our definition of disability to those who have difficulties "sometimes", who are less disabled.
This working definition of disability acknowledges the importance of the context and environment in enabling or disabling individuals from participating effectively within society.
Discrimination arising from disability A significant difference is that under the definition of disability it is now easier for an individual to show that they are disabled and protected as the meaning for disability has become broader.
§ 435.540 Definition of disability.
The bill expands the definition of disability and makes it easier for workers to prove discrimination.
But that figure comes from an especially broad definition of disability.
Do brain implants and body-enhancement devices require changes to the definition of disability?
Duncan Smith thinks your challenges are just the result of "judicial activism" widening the definition of disability.
