Sociology / Soc 1595 · Atom · ~20 seconds
Impairment vs. Disability
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The World Health Organization distinguishes impairment, a physical limitation, from disability, the social limitation layered onto it; not interchangeable here.
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A wheelchair user's impairment is the mobility limitation; the disability is an unramped curb, a barrier a different design removes.
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A common student error treats impairment and disability as synonyms; WHO keeps the limitation separate from the social barrier layered onto it.