disability

(noun)

State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

Related Terms

Examples of disability in the following topics:

  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    • The ADA makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities in employment, public transportation, and communications.
    • The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities.
    • Among other arguments, supporters hypothesize that the Americans with Disabilities Act creates additional legal risks for employers who then quietly avoid hiring people with disabilities to avoid this risk.
    • Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 into law.
    • Analyze the effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on various parties involved

  • Using Impartial Language

    • Writers should write in a way that is free from gender and group stereotypes including race, age, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation.
    • Language that labels individuals by their disability and use of emotionally impartial expressions should be avoided.

  • Termination

    • There are several laws that have been enacted in the United States in order to protect employees from unfair termination in the workplace based on discrimination, the most prevalent of which are Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
    • According to the US Congress, 43,000,000 Americans have one or more mental or physical disabilities.
    • In 1990, Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act, which made it illegal for private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, labor organizations, and labor-management committees to discriminate against individuals based on a disability (The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
    • Furthermore, the ADA was specifically enacted in order to "(1) provide a clear and comprehensive mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities, (2) provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities, (3) to ensure that the Federal Government plays a central role in enforcing the standards established in this Act on behalf of individuals with disabilities, and (4) to invoke the sweep of congressional authority, including the power to enforce the fourteenth amendment and to regulate commerce, in order to address the major areas of discrimination faced day-to-day by people with disabilities" (US Department of Labor).
    • As of 1994, the ADA is applicable to companies that employ 15 or more employees and prohibits such companies from discriminating based on a disability in all employment practices such as recruitment, pay, hiring, firing, promotion, benefits, etc.

  • Introduction

    • As with all AKAM loans, the credit package included two types of micro-insurance: Rs. 100 (USD 1.60) for loan insurance that paid the outstanding balance in case of her death or permanent disability, and another policy that would ensure a Rs. 10,000 benefit for funeral-related costs in case of her accidental death.
    • The micro-insurance shielded the woman's children from debt should she have suffered death or disability.

  • The Small Business Administration

    • Small business contracting programs include efforts to ensure that certain federal contracts reach woman-owned and disabled veteran-owned small businesses.

  • Anticipating Audience Reaction

    • Another technique involves using bias-free language, which means the message should be free from gender, race, age, and disability bias.

  • The Benefits of Socialism

    • The insurance typically includes monetary provisions for retirement pensions and survivor benefits, permanent and temporary disabilities, unemployment and parental leave.

  • Types of Public Relations

    • They facilitate sponsorship of local causes e.g. disability play grounds/centres, children's playgrounds etc and they contribute to the local community by being good employers and goodwill and awareness in the community.

  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Partnerships

    • By default, a partnership will terminate upon the death, disability, or even withdrawal of any one partner.

  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act

    • In general, ERISA does not cover retirement plans established or maintained by governmental entities, churches for their employees, or plans which are maintained solely to comply with applicable workers compensation, unemployment or disability laws.