Conner4REAL posted... Ran out of quotes per post, so I'll just say: Spot on
Gaawa_chan posted...
... It's an auto-immune disease that redirects the immune system, which should be protecting the body against infectious agents, to waste its time damaging the body's own cells and is by definition a disability. It can also damage your nails and cause pain, something a lot of auto-immune diseases do, and correlates to other conditions.
A disability is a physical impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. This includes the functions of the immune system and "normal cell growth. Also a physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more body systems (language in 29 CFR 1630.2(h)(1))
It is important to remember that in the context of the ADA, disability is a legal term rather than a medical one. Because it has a legal definition, the ADAs definition of disability is different from how disability is defined under some other laws, such as for Social Security Disability related benefits. The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. This includes people who have a record of such an impairment, even if they do not currently have a disability. It also includes individuals who do not have a disability but are regarded as having a disability. The ADA also makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on that persons association with a person with a disability.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/20/404.1505
404.1505 Basic definition of disability. (a) The law defines disability as the inability to do any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. To meet this definition, you must have a severe impairment(s) that makes you unable to do your past relevant work (see 404.1560(b)) or any other substantial gainful work that exists in the national economy. If your severe impairment(s) does not meet or medically equal a listing in appendix 1, we will assess your residual functional capacity as provided in 404.1520(e) and 404.1545. (See 404.1520(g)(2) and 404.1562 for an exception to this rule.) We will use this residual functional capacity assessment to determine if you can do your past relevant work. If we find that you cannot do your past relevant work, we will use the same residual functional capacity assessment and your vocational factors of age, education, and work experience to determine if you can do other work. (See 404.1520(h) for an exception to this rule.) We will use this definition of disability if you are applying for a period of disability, or disability insurance benefits as a disabled worker, or child's insurance benefits based on disability before age 22 or, with respect to disability benefits payable for months after December 1990, as a widow, widower, or surviving divorced spouse.
Pretty lengthy, but I assume you're going for "impairment" since the other categories are even more severe and clearly out of scope, so...
What is impairment? Impairment is an absence of or significant difference in a persons body structure or function or mental functioning. For example, problems in the structure of the brain can result in difficulty with mental functions, or problems with the structure of the eyes or ears can result in difficulty with the functions of vision or hearing. Structural impairments are significant problems with an internal or external component of the body. Examples of these include a type of nerve damage that can result in multiple sclerosisexternal icon, or a complete loss of a body component, as when a limb has been amputated. Functional impairments include the complete or partial loss of function of a body part. Examples of these include pain that doesnt go away or joints that no longer move easily.
Can't believe I'm actually arguing w/ someone that baldness isn't a disability...
But I will be blunt. When someone tells you that a condition is a disability and your reaction is, "LOL NO IT ISN'T. I DON'T THINK IT'S BAD ENOUGH TO BE ONE," you need to fuck right off. People with disabilities should not have to spend half of their time trying to get people to believe they are "REALLY" disabled.
I'll be blunt. People who think they can just bend the meaning of words, especially ones that have an important legal and medical meaning, to warp to their agenda, can fuck right off.
adjl posted...
You didn't actually understand a single word of that post, did you?
You mean like this part?
Gaawa_chan posted...
But I will be blunt. When someone tells you that a condition is a disability and your reaction is, "LOL NO IT ISN'T. I DON'T THINK IT'S BAD ENOUGH TO BE ONE," you need to fuck right off. People with disabilities should not have to spend half of their time trying to get people to believe they are "REALLY" disabled.