What is Disability

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Certain impairment, activity limitationlimitation, or restriction in participation. Learn more in: Identifying the Barriers and Enablers for Supporting Learners with Special Needs in Higher Education

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any physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Learn more in: Trends and Challenges in Serving Students with Disabilities in Post-Secondary Education

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Disability is a person some of whose normal daily activities are impeded or hindered due to the alteration of their intellectual or physical functions (http://www.Rae.es/). Learn more in: The Reality of Accessibility in the Public Health Systems

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Disability is a person some of whose normal daily activities are impeded or hindered due to the alteration of their intellectual or physical functions ( http://www.Rae.es/ ). Learn more in: The Reality of Accessibility in the Public Health Systems

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A qualitative difference of a human capability from its normal feature, which might be in-born; if acquired, can develop backwards only very slowly; or can be permanent and irreversible. Types of disabilities include: physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, and/or cumulative impairment. Learn more in: Multimedia Software Interface Design for Special-Needs Users

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A physical or mental condition that limits a person's functioning. It is any condition of the body or mind (impairment) that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities (activity limitation) and interact with the world around them (participation restrictions). Learn more in: Bridging the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Gap for Women With Disabilities in a Globalized World

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A physical or mental condition that may limit an individual's ability to fully utilize their senses such as vision and hearing and could thus limit their use of information systems, particularly when they are not designed accessibly. Learn more in: Towards Disability-Aware Social Media-Enriched Virtual Learning Environments

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Disability can take many forms, be temporary, total or partial, lifelong, acquired, visible or invisible. In this study 'disability' is the overarching term that covers impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions resulting from problems with body function and structure (impairment), limitations to execute tasks/actions (activity restriction), and individual involvement in life situations (participation restriction) (World Health Organization, 2011). Learn more in: Access to Flexible Work Arrangements for People With Disabilities: An Australian Study

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A disability is any continuing condition that restricts everyday activities. Learn more in: Organizational-Cultural Elements for Improved Workplace Performance of Disabled Individuals

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A mental or physical impairment that affects a person’s ability to learn or work. Learn more in: Fostering Strengths and Supporting the Needs of Students With Disabilities

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Impairment that limits activity and participation. Learn more in: Digital Technologies in Dementia Care

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Disability is a physical or mental condition that confines an individual's movements, senses, or activities. Learn more in: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Disability, and Telemedicine/Telehealth: Building an Academic Program

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Is any medical condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or effectively interact with the world around them (socially or materially). Learn more in: Global Institutional Roles in Access to Inclusive Education: Comparison of Serbia and Europe

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Any impairment that prohibits a person from interacting with the world around them in a meaningful manner. Learn more in: Meeting the Needs of Students With Disabilities in Online Learning Environments

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A term indicating a person has one or more limitations which can affect the way they function or interact within an environment. Learn more in: Challenging Deficit Thinking in Our Schools: It Starts During Educator Preparation

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A complex phenomenon and social construct reflecting the interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives, including potential environmental and social barriers, impacting inclusion, independent functional, and overall quality of life. Learn more in: Evidence-Based Transition Practices: Implications for Local and Global Curriculum

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As defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (1990), “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.” Learn more in: Inclusion, Diversity Belonging, Equity, and Accessibility Principles on College Campuses: How Faculty and Staff Can Create a Culture of Empowerment for Student Success

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most physical and mental conditions that affects ability or are perceived by others as affecting ability. Learn more in: Assistive Technology

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An imposed or legal disadvantage that limits a person from engaging in all or some normal activities. Learn more in: The Mirage and Reality of Special Education in Developing Countries

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The AccessForAll approach to accessibility considers a disability to be a mismatch between what is usable by someone and what they are attempting to use, not a medically defined condition. For example, vision-impaired may mean using one’s eyes to watch the road when driving and asking a phone for directions. Learn more in: Getting It Right: Matching Resources to Technologies That Match the Individual Student's Needs and Preferences

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Refers to when a persons’ body function is impaired. Learn more in: Using Information and Communication Technologies to Address Inequities in Education for Learners With Disabilities in Higher Education: The Case of South Africa

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This is a term usually used to describe a condition, physical and/or mental, which a person might have. The authors propose that this term, which contains the negative prefix “dis” connected to “ability” carries a political, social, and ontological weight. Learn more in: A Smart City for the Blind: Marburg as a Case Study

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An impairment that may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or some combination of these and which affects the activities of daily living in one or the other way. Learn more in: Stress and Anxiety Among Parents of Children With Communication Disorders

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Physical or mental impairment which has an adverse effect on the ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. The term is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment or mental health issue. Learn more in: Web Accessibility

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Disability is the consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these. A disability may be present from birth or occur during a person's lifetime. Learn more in: A Software Testing Process Based in Gamification for Children With Down Syndrome

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A disability is any condition of the body or mind (impairment) that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities (activity limitation) and interact with the world around them (participation restrictions). Learn more in: Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Caregivers (Parents) of Children With Cerebral Palsy

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Any physical and cognitive disability which prevent the individual to access traditional education. Learn more in: Systematic Approach for Improving Accessibility and Usability in Online Courses

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“This is the accepted term under the ADA and replaces all other terms in legislative and professional terminology. For purposes of the ADA it means the limitation of a major function, which is the result of a physical or mental impairment. Some disabled people include: wheelchair users, the mobility impaired, the blind, the deaf, those with lack of stamina, mental and cognitive disabilities, and various ‘hidden’ disabilities” (http://www.equal-access.com/equal-access-glossary.html). Learn more in: Accessibility of Technology in Higher Education

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Physical, cognitive, or psychic condition, inborn or acquired during the life that limits a person in professional activity, in personal and social relations. Learn more in: Challenges and Dilemmas in the Education of Children With Special Needs in Romania

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Refers to when a persons’ body function is impaired. Learn more in: Assistive Technologies Transforming the Lives of Learners With Disabilities in Higher Education: The South African University Context

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A physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits a person's ability to engage in specific tasks or actions or participate in typical daily activities and interactions. Learn more in: Communicating Quadriplegia: An Autoethnography of Disability Perceptions.

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A physical or mental impairment that due to inaccessibility and lack of accommodation, limits the individual from full participation in society. Learn more in: #DeleteDeficitThinking: Strategies to Name and Challenge Deficit Thinking in Universal Design for Learning

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A permanent condition that limits a person’s senses, movements, or activities. Learn more in: Co-Creating an Integrative Framework to Enhance the Museum Experience of Blind and Visually Impaired Visitors

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There are two basic approaches. The medical model sees disability as a ‘personal tragedy’ or ‘deficit’ located within an individual. The social model argues that it is society that creates disability, with barriers to participation needing to be addressed systemically. Learn more in: Disability, Chronic Illness, and Distance Education

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The inability to perform a physical or mental activity in what is considered a normal level of performance. Learn more in: Switch Technologies

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disability is the consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these that result in restrictions on an individual's ability to participate in what is considered “normal” in their everyday society. A disability may be present from birth, or occur during a person's lifetime. Learn more in: Eight-Point Project: Action Research, as a Development Tool for Non-Profit Organizations

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Barriers to the environment that make it difficult for people with any special physical, social or mental condition to participate in different social, academic or other fields. Learn more in: Technological Development for the Inclusion of People With Disabilities: Some Experiences at the Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

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Is a comprehensive term for deficiency, activity limitations and participation restrictions. It denotes aspects of the interaction between an individual (with a health conditions) and the contextual factors of that individual (environmental and personal factors). Learn more in: Re-AbilityLab: Innovation and Strategic Aspects of the Knowledge Economy – Innovative Elements in Rehabilitation

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A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits that person in one or more major life activities; or has a record of such a physical or mental impairment; or is regarded as having such a physical or mental impairment. Learn more in: Managing a Diverse Workforce

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A physical or mental condition that may limit an individual's ability to fully utilize their senses such as vision and hearing and could thus limit their use of information systems, particularly when they are not designed accessibly. Learn more in: A Disability-Aware Mentality to Information Systems Design and Development

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Usually a consequence of impairment, it is the functional inability of an individual to perform any activity in the manner or within the range considered “normal” for any human being. Learn more in: Certification and Medico-Legal Aspects of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in India

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Any physical impairment that may hinder day to day functioning of an individual and require dependence on others. Learn more in: Innovations and Use of Assistive Technologies in Libraries of Institutions of Higher Learning

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Within the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of life’s major activities (e.g., walking, seeing). Learn more in: Demographic Changes and Equal Employment Opportunity Legislation: Implications for Leveraging Workforce Diversity in the Field of Human Resource Development

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A status caused by physical or mental impairment and resultant functional limitations. Learn more in: Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons With Hearing Impairment: A Step Towards Inclusive Development

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A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities. Learn more in: Accessibility to Spa Experiences

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Impairment that can makes routine tasks more difficult. Learn more in: Establishing Considerations for Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility in Online Courses

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A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits or restricts the condition, manner, or duration under which an average person in the population can perform one or more major life activities. Learn more in: Students with Disabilities and Technology

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A physical or mental condition or impairment that significantly limits one or more major life activities. Learn more in: Spotlighting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. Learn more in: Elderly People, Disability, Dependence and New Technologies

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The international classification of functioning (ICF) adopted as the conceptual framework for this chapter on disability, understands functioning and disability as a dynamic interaction between health conditions and contextual factors, both personal and environmental. Learn more in: Social Innovation to Achieve Global Health

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Limitation in child functioning due to impairment of physical or mental functions or processes. Learn more in: Connections Between Knowledge and Practice in Educational Psychology: Supporting Children Through Parents

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The lack or restriction (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. Learn more in: Assistive Technologies in Museums for People With Visual Impairments

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A socially constructed social identity based upon differences in physical or intellectual ability. Learn more in: Teaching Up: Female Sociologists Teaching About Privilege

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A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities. Based on the types and degrees of disability the government of Nepal has categorized into 10 types and four categories (mild, moderate, severe, and profound). Learn more in: Participation of People With Disabilities in the Decision-Making Process in Nepal: Rhetorics and Realities in a Politically Changed Context

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This chapter adopts the social-cultural model of disability that views the experience of disability as resulting from an interaction of factors, the physiological or cognitive condition of the individual as well as elements in the environment such as socially constructed beliefs and assumptions underlying notions about and attitudes towards disability. Learn more in: Disability Awareness in Teacher Education in Singapore

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Within the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of life’s major activities (e.g., walking, seeing). Learn more in: Increased Workforce Diversity by Race, Gender, and Age and Equal Employment Opportunity Laws: Implications for Human Resource Development

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“a restriction of functional ability and activity caused by an impairment (such as hearing loss or reduced mobility” (Koppelman & Goodhart, 2005, p. 283). Learn more in: Web Accessibility Essentials for Online Course Developers

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A subjective term with continually changing definitions that define the body as disabled either physically or mentally to the point of disrupting life activities. Learn more in: Reading (Dis)ability in Young Adult Literature: Preparing Teacher Candidates for Understanding and Selecting Texts

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A physical or mental impairment which prevents people to live a normal life in society. Learn more in: Teacher Attitudes Towards the School Integration of Students With Special Educational Needs

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A physical, mental or emotional handicap. Learn more in: Networks in Rare Diseases: Identities, Partnership, and Advocacy in Brazil

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Under the ADA, an individual with a disability is a person who: (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) has a record of such an impairment; or (3) is regarded as having such an impairment. Learn more in: U.S. Disabilities Legislation Affecting Electronic and Information Technology

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A physical or mental condition (or a combination of both) that impairs a person’s movements, senses or activities, restricting their ordinary activity. Learn more in: Digital Marketing Strategies for Accessible Tourism

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Systemic barriers, negative attitudes and exclusion by society Learn more in: Intellectual Disability, Identity, and the Internet

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Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. Learn more in: Computer Mediated Speech Technology: Perceptions of Synthetic Speech and Attitudes Toward Disabled Users

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This is loosely used to point to a state of infirmity to the effect that all persons one way or the other have some form of disability despite denials. Learn more in: Dynamics of Disability for South African University Students in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Disability is a socially constructed phenomenon taking place in interpersonal relationships, through encounters between individuals and environments, and between individuals and society. Learn more in: Assistive ICT and Young Disabled Persons: Opportunities and Obstacles in Identity Negotiations

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A medical, physical, psychiatric, or cognitive condition that limits or impairs one’s abilities or sense(s) when participating in daily society. Learn more in: Mobile Apps, Universal Design, and Accessibility in Schools: Creating an Inclusive Classroom Experience

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A disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. A person may also qualify as disabled if he or she has had an impairment in the past or is seen as disabled based on a personal or group standard or norm. Such impairments may include physical, sensory, and cognitive impairments. Learn more in: Trends in Public Design for the Disabled: A Case Study on Public Design for Visually Impaired People

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A person with a disability is defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as “someone who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a record of such impairment, or a person who is regarded as having such impairment” (ADA, 1990 AU42: The in-text citation "ADA, 1990" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) effectively expands the individuals covered by the ADA. Learn more in: Laws Related to Web and Digital Application Accessibility

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A sensory, physical or mental condition and may be present from birth, or occur during person’s lifetime. Learn more in: Use of Assistive Technology to Empower Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

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A physical or mental handicap. Learn more in: Staying Legal and Ethical in Global E-Learning Course and Training Developments: An Exploration

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Impairment that interferes with the customary manner in which a task is performed or that requires accommodation in order to perform a task. Learn more in: Specification of the Context of Use for the Development of Web-Based Applications

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A condition of development that implies certain restrictions in the activity, communication and relationships of people with the surrounding context. Learn more in: Inclusive Education in the University: Contributions to the Academic Digital Brand and the University Reputation

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A socially constructed category used to assign individuals as able-bodied or disabled. Learn more in: Intersectionality and the Construction of Inclusive Schools

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Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. Learn more in: Computer Mediated Speech Technology: Perceptions of Synthetic Speech and Attitudes Toward Disabled Users

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The disadvantage or restriction caused by a contemporary social organization, which takes no account or little account of people who have impairments and the functional or behavioral consequences of those impairments, leading to social exclusion or resulting in less favorable treatment of and discrimination against people with impairments. Learn more in: Assistive Technology and Human Capital for Workforce Diversity

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A visual, auditory, cognitive, oral, or physical impairment that impedes the daily functioning in one’s life. Learn more in: Theory and Implementation of Inclusion: Barriers and Resources

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The consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these. A disability may be present from birth, or occur during a person's lifetime. Learn more in: Using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Framework to Design Support Systems for Education and Special Education: Learning About Thought Systems

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A consequence of environmental barriers that limits a person’s activities or participation in a permanent or temporal fashion. Learn more in: Striving for Inclusion in E-Learning and E-Health

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Sensory disability of hearing loss as well as neurodevelopmental disabilities of autism spectrum disorders or intellectual disability. Learn more in: Sibling Disposition Towards Children With Special Needs

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Impairment that can makes routine tasks more difficult. Learn more in: UDL in Action: Implementing Strategies in a Large Online Course

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Disability is a condition that makes it difficult for individuals to perform certain activities or interact with the world around them. Learn more in: Psychology With Mahnoor App: Android-Based Application for Self Assessment, Psychology Dictionary, and Notes

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A medical, physical, psychiatric or cognitive condition that limits or impairs one’s abilities or sense(s) when participating in daily society. Learn more in: Mobile Apps, Universal Design, and Accessibility in Schools: Creating an Inclusive Classroom Experience

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A disability is a condition that can limit the skills of a person as sight, hearing, speaking, mobility, or cognitive function. The condition can be caused by a genetic factor, illness, or trauma. Some people with disabilities may have one or more activity limitations. Learn more in: Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Paradigm of Neurodiversity

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A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. Learn more in: Managing Portable Technologies for Special Education

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Consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, intellectual, mental, sensory, developmental, or some combination of these that results in restrictions on an individual's ability to participate in what is considered normal in their everyday society. Learn more in: Organizational Diversity: From Workforce Diversity to Workplace Inclusion for Persons With Disabilities

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A condition of limitation that impacts typical development, learning, or social interactions. Learn more in: What's Training Got to Do With It?: Educator Preparation Programs and Deficit Thinking

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A physical, sensory, or cognitive impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Learn more in: Mobile Phones as Assistive and Accessible Technology for People with Disabilities

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An evolving construct centered on the interplay between people with impairments and the environmental and attitudinal barriers that impede their ability to participate fully in society. Learn more in: Taking an (Inter)cultural View of Students with Disabilities to Promote Inclusive Practices Within the TESOL Field