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Definition of Disability Under the ADA: A Practical Overview and Update

Author(s): Sheila D. Duston
About the author(s): an attorney-mediator practicing in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
Date: September, 2001
 
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Introduction
What is an ADA Impairment?
What is a Major Life Activity?
What Does “Substantially Limits” Mean?
What About Mitigating Measures?
What Does EEOC Now Look for in Determining Disability?
Disabled in Working
Record of Disability
Regarded as Disabled
Regarded as Disabled in Working
Genetic Discrimination
Practical Tips on Determining Disability
 
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