Which of the following problems depends on the responses of other people and therefore cannot be measured?
a. Disability
b. Handicap
c. Impairment
d. Injury
ANS: B
In comparing these concepts, an impairment affects a human organ on a micro level; disability affects a person on an individual level; and a handicap involves society on a macro level of analysis. Table 21-1 points out that both impairment and disability may be objective and measurable, whereas handicap is neither, because it is an experience related to the responses of other people.
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