definitions
able to walk
ambulatory
persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
A widespread condition involving recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea or constipation, often associated with stress, depression, anxiety, or previous intestinal infection
Irritable bowel syndrome
year the ADA went into Affect
1990
inability to voluntarily to move the lower half of the body.
paraplegic
unreasonable thoughts and fears that lead to repetitive uncontrollable behaviors.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
A group of disorders that affect connective tissues supporting the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many other organs and tissues.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
US President with a noticeable disability
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA
A mental illness that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, activity levels, and concentration.
Bipolar Disorder
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
disability awareness month
October
paralysis of all four limbs
quadriplegic
A disorder that develops when a person has experienced or witnessed a scary, shocking, terrifying, or dangerous event
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
disability that is characterized by the inability/ limited ability to hear
Deaf
Disney film featuring many disabilities including the main characters.
Finding Dory
discrimination in favor of able bodied people.
ableism
a serious mental condition of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
Schizophrenia
disability that is characterized by the inability/ limited ability to see.
Blind
% of adults in the US with some sort of disability
(data from 2023)
27