Limits a major life activity

• A physical or mental impairment or condition limits a major life activity if it makes the achievement of that activity difficult.
• The positive effects of a mitigating measure such as medication, assistive devices, prosthetics, or other accommodations must be ignored when determining if an impairment or condition limits a major life function. Instead, the determination must focus on whether the major life activity would be limited without the mitigating measure.
• “Major life activities” include physical, mental, and social activities, and working, including but not limited to:
  • Caring for oneself;
  • Performing manual tasks;
  • Seeing;
  • Hearing;
  • Eating;
  • Sleeping;
  • Walking;
  • Standing;
  • Sitting;
  • Reaching;
  • Lifting;
  • Bending;
  • Speaking;
  • Breathing;
  • Learning;
  • Reading;
  • Concentrating;
  • Thinking;
  • Communicating;
  • Interacting with others.
• “Major life activities” include the operation of major bodily functions including functions of the immune system, special sense organs and skin, normal cell growth, digestive, genitourinary, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, cardiovascular, endocrine, hemic, lymphatic, musculoskeletal, and reproductive functions.