Preferred Alternatives works with the disabled -- people who are deaf, blind or have some other physical impairment -- to train them on how to find a job.

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That provision would be "for vulnerable people below the age of 20 years who suffer from autism, Asperger's syndrome, or other mental or physical impairment liable to cause them to be excluded from normal education".

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Nasar weaves people, places, politics, banking, social injustice, war, depression, recession, personal relations, personalities, sex, anti-Semitism, self-doubt, physical impairment, espionage, poverty, personal finance, self-delusion, self-interest, and much more in a book that educates as thoroughly and gracefully as it entertains.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act, updated in 2008, says that workers are disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of their major life activities.

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Under the law a disability is considered to be a physical or mental impairment which would substantially affect the ability to carry out normal daily activities for at least a year.

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They can then prescribe physical and occupational therapy, as well as treatment for sleep problems, depression and cognitive impairment.

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