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== '''What is considered a disability?''' ==
== '''What is considered a disability?''' ==
+According to the Employment Equity Act, persons with disabilities have a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning impairment and:
+*consider themselves to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment
+*believe that an employer or potential employer is likely to consider them to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment
+*in some cases, have been accommodated in their current job or workplace
+Disabilities, whether visible or non-visible, include:
+*co-ordination or dexterity (difficulty using hands or arms, for example, grasping or handling a stapler or using a keyboard)
+*mobility (difficulty moving around, for example, from one office to another or up and down stairs)
+*blind or visual impairment (unable to see or difficulty seeing)
+*deaf or hard of hearing (unable to hear or difficulty in hearing)
+*speech impairment (unable to speak or difficulty speaking and being understood)
+*other disability (including learning disabilities, developmental disabilities and all other types of disabilities)
+
== '''What are assessment accommodations?''' ==
== '''What are assessment accommodations?''' ==
== '''What are the steps to obtain accommodations?''' ==
== '''What are the steps to obtain accommodations?''' ==
