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Disability types

Vision Impairment

  • Blindness
  • Partial loss of vision
  • Serious difficulty seeing
  • Ocular trauma
  • Color blindness

Hearing Impairment

  • Completely or partially deaf (deaf)
  • Prelingually deaf, sign language is first language (Deaf)

Psychological Disorders

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Personality disorders
  • Schizophrenia

Cognitive or Learning Disabilities

  • Dyslexia
  • Learning difficulties
  • Speech disorders

Mobility and Physical Impairments

  • Upper/Lower limb(s) disability
  • Manual dexterity
  • Disability in coordination with different organs of the body
  • Bone fractures

Temporary or Situational Disabilities

Situational

  • Reading text on a phone in direct sunlight

Temporary

  • Broken arm
  • Ear infection