Counselors, with input from consumers and their families, will make determinations about the severity of a person's disability based on the following policy. Seriously limits means that the limitation is not minor in terms of intensity, frequency, or duration to achieve an employment outcome. Mobility means a person's ability to move to and from work or within a work environment, including walking, climbing, coordination, accessing and using transportation, as well as use of spatial and perceptual relationships. Self-care means the ability to perform activities of daily living to participate in training or work related activities, including eating, toileting, grooming, dressing, cooking, shopping, washing, housekeeping, money management and health and safety needs. Self-direction is an individual's ability to independently plan, initiate, organize, make decisions and carry out daily life activities necessary for employment.
Cognition means learning, reasoning, problem solving, perception and judgment.
It also includes the ability to analyze, discriminate, organize, and memorize. These processes allow individuals to assimilate information and learn specific skills related to job functions. Work tolerance is defined as a person's capacity to meet the demands of the work place regardless of the work skills already possessed by the individual. Work skills means the ability to demonstrate specific tasks and work-related behaviors to carry out job functions as well as the capacity to benefit from training necessary to obtain and maintain appropriate employment. Extended period of time means a period of time, after eligibility has been determined, lasting six or more months.