System/
Program |
Definition
of Disability/
Disability Eligibility |
Services/
Programs |
Social
Security
Administration
20CFR404.1505
To apply for Social Security
benefits, contact your local
Social Security office or
call 1-800-772-1213.
More detailed benefit
information is at
http://www.ssa.gov |
“...The
inability to do any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result
in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than 12 months.” |
SSI
- Supplemental Security Income;
SSDI -Social Security Disability Insurance;
Medicare and Medicaid.
NOTE: While SSA doesn’t administer Medicaid,
in 32 states Medicaid comes automatically with SSI, and most states use
the SSI/SSDI definition of “disability” for Medicaid eligibility. |
Vocational
Rehabilitation
34CFR361.42(a)(1)(i),(ii)
To apply for assistance from
Vocational Rehabilitation call
your local VR office, or find
your state office at
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/
SBSES/VOCREHAB.HTM
|
“(i)...A
physical or mental impairment and (ii) A determination that the applicant’s
physical or mental impairment constitutes or results in a substantial impediment
to employment for the applicant.” |
Funding
for job/work related services, including school, equipment, some medical
care and assistive technology, and self-employment |
ADA
(Americans with Disabilities Act);
Justice Department;
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
5USC301; 28USC509, 510;
42USC12186(b);
28CFR35.104
To find out about filing a Civil Rights
Complaint, go to http://www.usccr.gov
and click “Filing a Complaint.”
|
“Disability
means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that
substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual;
a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.” |
Civil
rights protection against discrimination in employment, access to public
accommodations, and state and local services and programs. |
Independent
Living
34CFR364.4
To find your closest Independent
Living Center go to
http://www.ilru.org/jump1.htm
and click on your state.
|
Individual
with a disability means an individual who—(1) Has a physical, mental,
cognitive, or sensory impairment that substantially limits one or more of
the individual's major life activities; (2) Has a record of such an impairment;
or (3) Is regarded as having such an impairment. (Authority: 29 U.S.C. 706(8)(B))
Individual with a significant disability means an individual with a severe
physical, mental, cognitive, or sensory impairment whose ability to function
independently in the family or community or whose ability to obtain, maintain,
or advance in employment is substantially limited and for whom the delivery
of IL services will improve the ability to function, continue functioning,
or move toward functioning independently in the family or community or to
continue in employment. (Authority: 29 U.S.C. 706(15)(B)) |
Information
and Referral,
Independent Living Skills Training, Peer Counseling,
Individual and Systems Advocacy. Other independent living services as determined
by each respective Independent Living Center. Independent Living Centers
(also called Centers for Independent Living) serve both children and adults
with any disability. |
(WIA)
Workforce
Investment Act
20CFR652 and 660 et al
To find information on your
state WIA partner go to
http://www.naco.org/programs/
social/work/getstate.cfm
|
Individual
with a disability means an individual with any disability (as defined in
section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)).
For purposes of WIA section 188, this term is defined at 29CFR37.4. WIA
eligibility is not based on disability, but on earning less than a “self
sufficiency” level, or receiving public assistance or disability benefits. |
Employment,
occupational
training, and other items,
services and training to help people gain and maintain employment, and increase
earnings. |
