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Impairments and Disabilities

Types of Impairments

• Permanent - someone "with a disability"
• Temporary - broken leg/arm, eye injury, recovering from surgery, etc.
• Situational - everyone at some point

Who has a disability today?

1 in 4 US adults live with a disability according to the CDC

At some point in their lives, most people will either have a disability or know someone who has a one --Coleen Byle, Ph.D., director at the CDC