Policy Glossary

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Disability

Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major activities of an individual, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment.

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Intellectual Disability

A disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning (general mental capacity such as reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behavior, which covers a range of everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18.

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