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Indiviual With Disab
: Definitions
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a Federal civil rights law |
It gives Federal civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities | similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion. |
Disability | An individual is considered to have a disability if he has a physical or mental impairment |
that substantially limits one or more major life activities | has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as having such impairment |
Major Life Activities | Examples of major life activities include but are not limited to |
daily activities involving caring for one's self | (bathing, dressing, toileting, transfer, continence, feeding |
performing manual tasks | walking; seeing; hearing; speaking; breathing; learning |