Disabilities are limitations in activity and/or functioning that are attributable to permanent medical conditions in physical, mental, emotional, and/or sensory domains and, significantly, are also due to societal responses to those limitations.

Defining Disability

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Defining disability is challenging. There is a social/civil rights model, a medical model, and a moral model that professionals and consumers alike use to approach the definition (Bowe, 1978).

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Young adults with autism are less likely to go to college or hold down a job than their peers with other disabilities http://t.co/HZhNi6gk
madrereciente (madrereciente) Thu, 17 May 2012 07:24:56 -0000
Young adults with autism are less likely to go to college or hold down a job than their peers with other disabilities http://t.co/HZhNi6gk
RT @neilmcrowther: A modern welfare state "should start by making rights a reality for people with disabilities" says @LiamByrneMP http://t.co/0Ulo5RcE #crpd
BendyGirl (BendyGirl) Thu, 17 May 2012 07:24:40 -0000
RT @neilmcrowther: A modern welfare state "should start by making rights a reality for people with disabilities" says @LiamByrneMP http://t.co/0Ulo5RcE #crpd
A modern welfare state "should start by making rights a reality for people with disabilities" says @LiamByrneMP http://t.co/0Ulo5RcE #crpd
neilmcrowther (Neil Crowther) Thu, 17 May 2012 07:23:51 -0000
A modern welfare state "should start by making rights a reality for people with disabilities" says @LiamByrneMP http://t.co/0Ulo5RcE #crpd
Another news article regarding @GovPeterShumlin H.290 veto (via vtdigger): http://t.co/n25oQcE0 #vtleg #vtgov #vt #disabilities
vtwatch (Vermont Watch) Thu, 17 May 2012 07:22:19 -0000
Another news article regarding @GovPeterShumlin H.290 veto (via vtdigger): http://t.co/n25oQcE0 #vtleg #vtgov #vt #disabilities
RT @DisabledSportUS: People with disabilities who stay active doing sports-related exercise are happier & healthier than their peers: http://t.co/68H9iFkI
AccessSanDiego (Accessible San Diego) Thu, 17 May 2012 07:20:34 -0000
RT @DisabledSportUS: People with disabilities who stay active doing sports-related exercise are happier & healthier than their peers: http://t.co/68H9iFkI
RT @AAPD: Great story about expanding sporting opportunities for children with disabilities! http://t.co/TLAqmtgZ
AccessSanDiego (Accessible San Diego) Thu, 17 May 2012 07:20:15 -0000
RT @AAPD: Great story about expanding sporting opportunities for children with disabilities! http://t.co/TLAqmtgZ

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