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Seventh Session | Ad Hoc Committee

Possible Definition of “Disability”: Discussion Text Suggested by the Chair

“Disability” results from the interaction between persons with impairments, conditions or illnesses and the environmental and attitudinal barriers they face. Such impairments, conditions or illnesses may be permanent, temporary, intermittent or imputed, and include those that are physical, sensory, psychosocial, neurological, medical or intellectual.