IMPAIRMENT: Lacking part or all of…or having a defective limb, organism or mechanism of the body
DISABILITY: The disadvantage or restriction of activity caused by a contemporary social organization which takes no or little account of people who have physical [and/or cognitive/developmental/mental] impairments and thus excludes them from the mainstream of society.
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Author: Mike Oliver
![IMPAIRMENT: Lacking part or all of…or having a defective limb, organism or mechanism of the body<br /><br />DISABILITY: The disadvantage or restriction of activity caused by a contemporary social organization which takes no or little account of people who have physical [and/or cognitive/developmental/mental] impairments and thus excludes them from the mainstream of society.<br />~ - Mike Oliver](/static/img/quotes/197874.jpg)