Handicapped Law and Legal Definition
According to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), handicapped is defined as “suffering from physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement which is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness including epilepsy, and which shall include, but not be limited to, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical coordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment or physical reliance on service or guide dog, wheelchair, or other remedial appliance or device, or from any mental, psychological or developmental disability resulting from anatomical, psychological, physiological or neurological conditions which prevents the normal exercise of any bodily or mental functions or is demonstrable, medically or psychologically, by accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques. Handicapped shall also mean suffering from AIDS or HIV infection.” Garrett v. AtlantiCare Health Sys., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97547, 25-26 (D.N.J. Oct. 21, 2009)
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Discrimination Against Handicapped Individuals [Aviation Law]
- Education of the Handicapped Act [Education]
- Employment Opportunities for Handicapped Individuals Act
- Handicapped Person
- Multihandicapped
- Public or Private Organization for the Handicapped
- Qualified Handicapped Person
- Qualified Nonprofit Agency for Other Severely Handicapped
- Severely Handicapped Individuals
