ADA Part (B)

This part covers persons who have a history of, or have been classified or misclassified as having, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. It includes persons who had a disabling impairment in the past but have recovered in whole or in part and are not now substantially limited.

It is intended to prevent discrimination against individuals (a) who have been classified or labelled, correctly or incorrectly, as having a disability and (b) persons who have recovered, in whole or in part, from a disability but are subjected to discrimination because of their history of a substantially limiting impairment.

Sometimes school or other institutional (e.g., hospitals) documents labelling or classifying an individual as having a substantially limiting impairment would establish a "record" of a disability.In this context, labelling at schools is an important issue and should be done judiciously and responsibly.