3 DIFFERENTLY-ABLED INDIVIDUALS PHYSICAL DISABILITY Definition of disability 1 A is a or which is significantly impaired, substantially limiting a person's major life activities. The term is used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness and various types of chronic diseases. disability condition function Physical disability Physical disability can be divided into a number of , which include the following: sub-categories mobility and physical impairments 1 spinal cord disability vision impairments hearing impairments Mobility and physical impairments This term refers to people with upper or lower disability, manual or disability in coordinating different organs of the body. This disability can be , acquired with age or the effect of a disease. and (→ Module 1) belong to this category. limb(s) dexterity inborn Muscular dystrophy multiple sclerosis WARM UP a. be present at birth. b. be the consequence of an accident. c. be the effect of a disease. d. Ail of the above. A physical disability can ... MORE On the eve of the 2016 Paralympics, Jan Cocks coined the new term to define people with disabilities. 1 paradability DO The word is often used in collocations. Can you explain and ? 1 mobility job mobility social mobility