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A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment.

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  • Glossary: Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA]
    Signed into law on July 26, 1990, the ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal.
  • Glossary: Activities of Daily Living [ADL]
    In the context of rehabilitation and independent living by people with disabilities, these include dressing, making the bed, showering, shaving, combing hair, eating, making drinks and all other activities which will assist in enabling a person with a disability to function to the maximum of his or her capacity within the family and the community.
  • Glossary: Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers [DBTACs]
    Former name for the ten regional centers on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the ADA National Network funded by National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research (NIDRR) to provide information, training and technical assistance on the ADA in all 50 U.S. States and surrounding territories.
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