Anxiety

Question: 

Is anxiety considered a disability?

Answer: 

Often people think that the ADA only applies to people who use wheelchairs. The ADA recognizes a broad array of impairments which include both physical and brain-based disabilities. Some examples include: anxiety, depression PTSD, ADHD, learning disabilities and bipolar.  The ADA looks at how the impairment affects an individual when compared to most people in the general population.

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