Paralympic Champion Pamela Relph discusses the changing perceptions of people with disabilities and how that has been affectedly the media....
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2010 ADA Definition
Disability: Disability means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.
(1) The phrase physical or mental impairment means – (i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; (ii) Any mental or psychological disorder such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities; (iii) The phrase physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism; (iv) The phrase physical or mental impairment does not include homosexuality or bisexuality.
(2) The phrase major life activities means functions such as caring for one´s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
(3) The phrase has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(4) The phrase is regarded as having an impairment means – (i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a private entity as constituting such a limitation; (ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition but is treated by a private entity as having such an impairment.
(5) The term disability does not include – (i) Transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders; (ii) Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or (iii) Psychoactive substance use disorders resulting from current illegal use of drugs.
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Disability: more than meets the eye | Pam Relph | TEDxUniversityofBirmingham
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Diversability
Diversability is a movement to raise disability awareness and reshape conceptions of ability. “More than 1 billion of us live with disabilities....
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Don’t tell me I can’t: disability in a modern world | Cheryl Stowe | TEDxFurmanU
After a devastating car crash left her in a wheelchair with an incomplete spinal cord injury, Cheryl Stowe tells how we can grow from our pain and be our own heroes. She even shows...
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Enable The Disabled | Kevin Brousard | TEDxColoradoSprings
Blind athlete Kevin Brousard addresses the social stigma surrounding disability, and the part that we all play in providing acceptance for every person....
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Good Practices of Accessible Urban Development: Making Urban Environments Inclusive and Fully Accessible to ALL
With more than one billion of persons with disabilities in our world today, this is more important than ever."...
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How to Interact with Customers with a Disability
In America, 54 million people live with a disability....
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How to Interact with Disabled People | Victoria Hamilton | TEDxYouth@Columbia
Victoria Hamilton (College of Charleston, ‘14) is changing how the world views disabled people in higher education....
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Institute for Design and Disability (IDD) (Ireland)
IDD was established in 1991 following the European Conference on Design for Disability held in Dublin in 1989. ...
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Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR)
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Mission - Promote a cohesive, strategic Federal program of disability and rehabilitation research by brokering partnerships and facilitating coordination among Federal departments, offices...
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International Center for Disability Information (ICDI) Disability Tables
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The Disability Data Tables contained in this site were obtained from various sources (referenced with each table)....
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Isn't it a pity? The real problem with special needs | Torrie Dunlap | TED Talks
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Kids with special needs are marginalized in our communities, and we are doing it with the...
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Learning Disability in Higher Education... | Lexie Garrity | TEDxVanderbiltUniversity
In order to strive for this valuable relationship, we must adjust to the diverse population of students in higher education, particularly those with learning disabilities....
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Let’s change the way we think about disability | Joel Dembe | TEDxMississauga
A 4-time Canadian National Wheelchair Tennis Champion and Paralympian discusses his journey living with a disability....
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Love Story: Seeing Beyond the Disability! | Elizabeth Wampler & Stephen Wampler | TEDxCincinnati
Navigating the brave new world of disability, and the possibilities therein. Elizabeth Wampler is married to Steve Wampler, and together they have two teenaged children....
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Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
Founded in 1981, Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is a disability-led non-profit organization headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, USA working to advance the rights of people with disabilities...
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NYC Board of Elections: Video 1 - Communications and Etiquette Part 1
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NYC Board of Elections: Video 2 - Communication and Etiquette Part 2
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National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
and physical activity Growth charts to monitor the development of children Patient safety and quality including adverse effects of medical treatment Injuries and disabilities...
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National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)
Founded in 1999, the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) is a public health practice and resource center on health promotion for people with disability....
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National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
Welcome to the NARIC Web site, our gateway to an abundance of disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of formats designed to make it easy for users to...
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National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC)
The UAB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to operate the National...
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No Barriers USA - The Lives We Changed in 2015
In 2015, we changed 2,822 lives. Heres a few of those stories. Join the movement at www.nobarriersusa.org.
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People with disabilities are athletes too | David Kyle | TEDxHuntsville
David Kyle explains in his talk about his journey from discovering his disabilities and being depressed to a life full of challenges, mobility and opportunity for success as an athlete....
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Photoability
PhotoAbility is dedicated to increasing the usage of imagery of people with disabilities in the tourism, leisure and lifestyle mediums by providing high quality stock photos. ...