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According to Abilities United, over 16% of Americans are considered to have either a physical, developmental, or learning disability. The barriers that 33.7 million persons with disabilities face within the American electoral process include access to polling information, physical access to polls, current and future laws that deal with the topic, and the moral implications regarding the varying levels of both physical and cognitive disabilities and the act of voting. ==Denotation and Categorization== The term "disability" has a wide range of connotations and associations. Webster's Dictionary defines it as: The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission further explores the characterization of "disability" within its Guidance outlines. The Commission outlines three ways in which an individual can demonstrate their disability: #"A person may be disabled if he or she has a physical or mental condition that substantially limits a major life activity (such as walking, talking, seeing, hearing, or learning)." #"A person may be disabled if he or she has a history of a disability (such as cancer that is in remission)." #"A person may be disabled if he is believed to have a physical or mental impairment that is not transitory (lasting or expected to last six months or less) and minor (even if he does not have such an impairment)." Originally signed into law in 1990 and since amended in 2004, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) set a significant precedent in categorizing disability. IDEA outlined 13 distinct categories of disabilities. Though the categories apply under law to individuals between the ages of 3 and 21, they have served as one of the few examples of the federalization of disability categorizations. They include: #Autism #Deaf-Blindness #Deafness #Emotional Disturbance #Hearing Impairment #Intellectual Disability #Multiple Disabilities #Orthopedic Impairment #Other Health Impairment #Specific Learning Disability #Speech or Language Impairment #Traumatic Brain Injury #Visual Impairment (Including Blindness) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suffrage for Americans with Disabilities」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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