Disabilities are limitations in activity and/or functioning that are attributable to permanent medical conditions in physical, mental, emotional, and/or sensory domains and, significantly, are also due to societal responses to those limitations.

Defining Disability

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Defining disability is challenging. There is a social/civil rights model, a medical model, and a moral model that professionals and consumers alike use to approach the definition (Bowe, 1978).

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Gene therapy 'may repair hearing'
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:20:17 -0000
Scientists claim gene therapy has the potential to restore hearing in mice, offering hope for humans as well.
Map highlights 'obesity hotspots'
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:06:13 -0000
Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records.
Britain's happiest places mapped
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:06:06 -0000
The most sparsely populated county in Wales is Britain's happiest place - but Edinburgh the least happy, say researchers.

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