INSIGHTS FROM THE UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION
Many people with physical disabilities benefit from personal care attendants.
These trained professionals are not nurses but are skilled at helping with
daily routines to prepare for work, meals, recreation, and sleep.
Also, since
the passage of civil rights laws such as the Americans with Disabilities
Act in 1990, adaptations to transit, transportation, sidewalks, parks,
education centers, workplaces, shopping centers and the arts can make them
accessible to people with disabilities.
Examples of
physical disabilities
Physical
disability is often the result of a medical condition, such as muscular
dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, arthritis or epilepsy.
Some
disabilities are present at birth, such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida and
partially formed/not fully functional limb or extremity.
Physical
disability also can result from an injury, such as loss/reduction of use of a
limb or spinal cord injury.
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