DEFINITION

Official source

In this chapter, "person with a disability" means a person whose ability to care for himself or herself, perform manual tasks, learn, work, walk, see, hear, speak, or breathe is substantially limited because the person has:

(1) an orthopedic, visual, speech, or hearing impairment;

(2) Alzheimer's disease;

(3) pre-senile dementia;

(4) cerebral palsy;

(5) epilepsy;

(6) muscular dystrophy;

(7) multiple sclerosis;

(8) cancer;

(9) heart disease;

(10) diabetes;

(11) an intellectual disability;

(12) autism; or

(13) mental illness. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 12.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 4.431, eff. April 2, 2015.

loading…

DEFINITION

Official source

In this chapter, "person with a disability" means a person whose ability to care for himself or herself, perform manual tasks, learn, work, walk, see, hear, speak, or breathe is substantially limited because the person has:

(1) an orthopedic, visual, speech, or hearing impairment;

(2) Alzheimer's disease;

(3) pre-senile dementia;

(4) cerebral palsy;

(5) epilepsy;

(6) muscular dystrophy;

(7) multiple sclerosis;

(8) cancer;

(9) heart disease;

(10) diabetes;

(11) an intellectual disability;

(12) autism; or

(13) mental illness. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 12.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 4.431, eff. April 2, 2015.