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  2. Disability benefits - Wikipedia

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    Meet the Definition of Disability - the CPP Disability test in Canada is outlined in the Canada Pension Plan legislation, specifically in Section 42(2)(a) of the Canada Pension Plan. The legislative test states that a person shall be considered to be disabled only if they have a severe and prolonged mental or physical disability.

  3. Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped - Wikipedia

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    Any income that an AISH recipient receives from the national Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is deducted dollar for dollar from the AISH benefit. [13] For example, a recipient who received the maximum CPP disability payment of C$1,001.37 would have received C$683.63 from AISH in 2019. In 2020, they would receive C$1,377.66 from CPP and C$297.34 from ...

  4. Disability in the United States - Wikipedia

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    People with disabilities in the United States are a significant minority group, making up a fifth of the overall population and over half of Americans older than eighty. [1] [2] There is a complex history underlying the U.S. and its relationship with its disabled population, with great progress being made in the last century to improve the livelihood of disabled citizens through legislation ...

  5. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    United States decision are held in common: The defendant must understand the charges against him or her and must have the ability to aid his or her attorney in his or her own defense, [47] [48] although see Felthous (2011), who argues that many state statutes—and the federal statute—do not incorporate the rationality standard enunciated in ...

  6. Social Security (United States) - Wikipedia

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    It is the policy of the United States that any State (or political subdivision thereof) may, in the administration of any tax, general public assistance, driver's license, or motor vehicle registration law within its jurisdiction, utilize the social security account numbers issued by the Commissioner of Social Security for the purpose of ...

  7. Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act

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    The law defined the relatively new term "developmental disability" to include specific conditions that originate prior to age 18, are expected to continue indefinitely, and that constitute a substantial handicap. [2] These conditions included intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and dyslexia. [2]

  8. Disability - Wikipedia

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    Disability benefit, or disability pension, is a major kind of disability insurance that is provided by government agencies to people who are temporarily or permanently unable to work due to a disability. In the US, the disability benefit is provided in the category of Supplemental Security Income. In Canada, it is within the Canada Pension Plan ...

  9. ADA Amendments Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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    The ADAAA retains the ADA's definition of disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more life activities; a record of such impairment; or being regarded as having such impairment. However, it clarifies and expands the definition's meaning and application in the following ways: [29]