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Disability or illness

Provides definitions of a disability or illness.

A disability or illness could include:
physical disability or impairment

  • physical illness
  • psychiatric illness
  • intellectual or psychological disability or impairment
  • any other loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function (including sensory impairment)
  • reliance on a guide dog, wheelchair, or other remedial means
  • the presence of the body of organisms capable of causing illness.
Last updated: 18 September 2009