Disabled Person Law and Legal Definition
A disabled person refers to a person who is unable to ensure by himself or herself, wholly or partly, the necessities of a normal individual and/or social life, as a result of deficiency, either congenital or not, in his or her physical or mental capabilities.
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act a disabled person is one who:
a. has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of his or her major life activities;
b. has a record of such impairment; or
c. is regarded as having such impairment.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Absent Person
- Accidental Personal Injury
- Accountable Personal Property
- Actio Personalis Moritur Cum Persona
- Action in Personam
- Actus Inceptus Cujus Perfectio Pendet Ex Voluntate Partium Revocari Potest, Si Autem Pendet Ex Voluntate Tertiae Personae, Vel Ex Contingenti, Revocar
- Adverse Personnel Action
- Affiliated Persons (Securities)
- Agency Designee [Administrative Personnel]
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
