Qualifications
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act provides
comprehensive civil rights protections for "qualified
individuals with disabilities."
An "individual with a disability" is a person who
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- Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
a "major life activity", or
- Has a record of such an impairment, or
- Is regarded as having such an impairment.
Examples of physical or mental impairments include, but are
not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and
conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing
impairments; cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy,
multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental
retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities,
HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis,
drug addiction, and alcoholism. Homosexuality and bisexuality
are not physical or mental impairments under the ADA.
"Major life activities" include functions such as
caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing,
hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
Individuals who currently engage in the illegal use of drugs
are not protected by the ADA when an action is taken on the
basis of their current illegal use of drugs.
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