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Term: disability
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Definition: hindrance, experienced by a person with impairments, to full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with other persons in relation to barriers

EXAMPLE Impaired eyesight, deafness in varying degrees, and reduced mobility.

Note 1 to entry: The concept "disability" is an evolving concept.


Publication date:2022-09
SourceRecommendation ITU-T F.791:2018, 3.15, modified – The definition has been revised for conformity with the "principle of substitution" rule; "attitudinal or environmental" deleted here since these words are present in the definition of "barriers"; "others" replaced by "other persons" for clarity. The example has been added from entry 3.2.3 of IEC 63080:2017.
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