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Disability and incapacity
The same words mean different tests. Everyday talk, medical models, employment law, compensation schemes, and income-protection policies do not share a definition. Income protection usually assesses treated performance of material duties. Discrimination statutes often look at the unmitigated baseline. Mixing those axes is a trap.
33 contexts · Disability · Incapacity · Mitigated-state trap · Capacity ≠ performance
Statute and rights instruments
Disability
Legal - USA (ADA)
Impairment substantially limiting one or more major life activities; or a record of, or being regarded as having, such an impairment.
disability · comparativeDisability
Legal - UK (Equality Act 2010)
Physical/mental impairment with a substantial, long-term negative effect on normal daily activities.
disability · comparativeDisablement
Legal - UK (Equality Act 2010)
(Police/employment law) Being blind, deaf, or permanently handicapped.
disability · comparativeDisability
Legal - UN (CRPD)
Long-term impairments interacting with barriers that hinder full/equal participation.
disability · comparativeDisablement
Legal - UN (CRPD)
(Not used)
disability · comparativeDisability
Social Security (US - SSA)
Inability to engage in "Substantial Gainful Activity" (SGA) due to a medically determinable impairment.
disability · comparativeDisablement
Social Security (US - SSA)
(Not a separate term)