Difference between Impairment and Disability

IMPAIRMENT vs DISABILITY: NOUN

A symptom of reduced quality or strength
The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
The occurrence of a change for the worse
The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
The act of impairing, or the state of being impaired; diminution; decrease; injury.
The state, act, or process of being impaired; injury.
The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor.
A downward revaluation, a write-down.
Damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
The condition of being disabled; incapacity.
A disadvantage or deficiency, especially a physical or mental impairment that interferes with or prevents normal achievement in a particular area.
A program that provides financial support to people with such impairment.
Lack of legal capacity to perform some act, such as to enter into a contract, because of infancy or lack of soundness of mind.
Want of competent power, strength, or physical or mental ability: weakness; incapacity; impotence: as, disability arising from infirmity; a blind person labors under great disability.
Specifically Want of competent means or instruments.
Want of legal capacity or qualification; legal incapacity; incapacity to do an act with legal effect.
Synonyms Disability. Inability, incompetence, incapacity, disqualification, unfitness. Disability implies deprivation or loss of power; inability indicates rather inherent want of power. One declines an office from inability to discharge its duties, but is not elected to it because of some external disability disqualifying him for being chosen.
State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
The period of such a condition.

Related, Decrease, Diminution, Disorders, Loss, Deficiency, Depreciation, Deadening, Stultification, Handicap, Harm, Disablement, Damage, Disability, Deterioration

Incapacitation, Invalids, Handicaps, Debility, Impairments, Retardation, Disorders, Handicapped, Disorder, Infirmity, Incapacity, Disabled, Disablement, Handicap, Impairment

Related, Decrease, Diminution, Disorders, Loss, Deficiency, Depreciation, Deadening, Stultification, Handicap, Harm, Disablement, Damage, Disability, Deterioration

Impaired, Injury, Invalidity, Invalids, Debility, Impairments, Retardation, Disorders, Handicapped, Disorder, Infirmity, Disabled, Disablement, Handicap, Impairment

The impairment charge was recorded in goodwill impairment on the consolidated statement of operations.
Many children with neurologically based motor impairment have only movement problems without impairment to other functions controlled by the brain.
Goodwill is capitalised and reviewed annually for impairment or more frequently when there are indications that impairment may have occurred.
Similar to other impairment charges, financial statement users, auditors, and regulators may scrutinize the timing of goodwill impairment losses.
If the company believes that impairment may have taken place, an impairment review must be conducted.
If impairment indicators are present then an impairment analysis is required.
Jones Fibromyalgia related impairment equal the requirements of a listed impairment?
ASD and an intellectual impairment, or intellectual impairment and a health impairment.
Previously recognized impairment losses are reversed up to the amount ofthe original impairment loss when the reasonsfor the impairment no longer exist.
Cerebral palsy is a complex condition which involves physical impairment, often intellectual impairment and speaking impairment, and sometimes epilepsy.

Students who have a disability requiring special assistance should contact the Office of Disability Support Services.
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If you use the online disability or SSI application, you need to complete the online disability forms and medical releases with your disability application.
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