Earl Beaton Case Study

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Earl Beaton would be considered as a disabled person under the ADA.

A disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity (PPM6, Slide 3). Under the ADA, a disability may take the form of a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (the "actual-disability" prong); a record of such an impairment (the "record-of" prong); or being regarded as having such an impairment (the "regarded-as" prong). (Summers v. Altarum Inst., Corp., 740 F. 3d 325,329). Major life activities include, but are not limited to, caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading,