### condition | disability:

Intellectual disability
* Intellectual disabilities are some of the most common comorbid disorders with ASDs.
* is different from dementia
  - twice as common in males as in females
* occurs from birth whereas acquired brain injury is acquired later.
  * The cause of such an illness usually lies in childhood, or in genetic disorders. Intellectual disability is different from dementia. In dementia, people forget things, and they lose skills they once had. People with an intellectual disability never learn those skills.

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Nearsightedness
* are medical conditions.
* can also worsen with age.
* common refractive problem.
* condition in which nearby objects appear clearer than distant objects.
* genetic condition and only gets worse.
* is caused by corneal steepness, or increased length of the eye
  - known to be familial
  - the common term for myopia
* is the inability to see clearly at a distance
  - objects far away
  - when one has the ability to see close but objects in the distance are blurry
* occurs if light rays from distant objects meet before they reach the retina
  - when an eyeball is slightly longer than normal from front to back
* occurs when the cornea curves too steeply
  - is too curved or the eye is too long
  - eye is too long, or the cornea is too steep
* runs in families and usually appears in childhood.
* tends to run in families, and it happens because of a simple physical problem.

Permanent disability
* Permanent disabilities result from undiagnosed compartment syndromes.
* is possible if there is repeated exposure
  - total disability due to ill health, either physical or mental

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Physical disability
* Many physical disabilities are fully preventable.
* Physical disabilities are epidemic in the elderly
  - increasingly common among the elderly
  - just that, and they don t extend to the brain
* Physical disabilities can lead directly to educational problems as well
  - make holding a book or turning pages impossible
  - prompt social and emotional difficulties
  - encompass a wide-range of abilities
  - occur widely
  - serve as an isolating factor in life
  - vary greatly
* Some physical disabilities can be accom-modated.
* is common among older persons living within the community
  - no barrier to sailing

Presbyopia
* affecting eyesight impacts millions of boomers.
* are diseases
  - hyperopia
* erodes visual acuity, depth perception, and color contrast.
* is disability

Prolapse
* Most prolapses reduce spontaneously.
* is disability
  - illnesses
* occurs in people with rare inherited diseases of connective tissue
  - when the intestines, bladder, rectum, or the uterus protrude into the vagina
* often recur in subsequent pregnancies.
* refers to the extrusion of a mass through the vagina.

### condition | disability | prolapse:

Mitral prolapse
* encompasses a very wide spectrum of disease.
* is present in almost one in four young women.

Rectal prolapse
* can block the anal opening causing constipation
  - occur due to poor pelvic musculature
* is the protrusion of the rectal mucous membrane through the anus.

Uterine prolapse
* affects females only.
* can also develop as a result of the stretching of the uterine ligaments.
* condition that results from the loss of uterine support.
* descent or herniation of the uterus into or beyond the vagina.
* is diseases.
* occur around calving time.
* occurs when the uterus drops down into the vagina
  - is pushed out of the body through the vagina
* refers specifically to the dropping of the uterus.

Psychiatric disability
* Psychiatric disabilities affect people of any age, gender, income group, and intellectual level
  - are treatable
  - represent the fastest growing cause of lost time
* has a devastating impact on the lives of people who experience it.