What are some different types of disabilities?

Different types of disabilities include visual disabilities, mental disabilities, movement disabilities, communication disabilities and hearing disabilities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other disabilities include learning disabilities, thinking disabilities and disabilities related to social relationships.

A disability is an impairment that significantly reduces the capacity to perform major life activities such as seeing, hearing, walking, learning and working among others, explains Santa Barbara City College. Disabilities can come about at any point in anyone’s life. A person can be born with one or several disabilities, accidents can result in one or more disabilities, and certain health conditions can also lead to disability, notes the CDC. Disabilities affect different people in different ways, even amongst people with similar disabilities.