Disability Definition
Acquired Brain Injury
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is an impairment of brain functioning. |
AIDS
AIDs occurs when a number of specific infections or cancers develop as a result of HIV infection. |
All Disabilities
These are relevant to all the disability definitions on this website |
Anorexia
It is often referred to as the Slimmer's Disease and is characterised by the loss of at least a quarter of normal weight and by fear of normal weight. |
Anxiety
People with anxieties are in a state of persistant anxiety and worry, unable to sleep at night and therefore always fatigued. |
Apraxia
See Dispraxia |
Arthritis
Refers to any condition of joints of the limbs or spine associated with inflammatory or structural change |
Asperger's Syndrome
People with Asperger Syndrome find it difficult to read the signs that most people take for granted and as a result they find it more difficult to communicate and interact with others. A number of traits of autism are common to Asperger's Syndrome including difficuly in social relations, communication and difficulty in thinking in abstract ways. |
Asthma
Asthma is a common disorder of breathing characterised by widespread narrowing of airways within the lungs. |
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
ADHD is sometimes termed as hyperkinetic syndrome. |
Attention Deficit Hypertensive Disorder
A disorder with overactive behaviour, short attention span and poor concentration. |
Autism
A complex condition which affects the way that people communicate with and relate to those around them. |
Bipolar Affective Disorder
Please see DEPRESSION |
Blindness
(Visual Impairment) see Visual Impairment. |
Bulimia Nervosa
Is linked to anorexia nervosa is sometimes called the Binge and Purge Syndrome. |
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