According to the Social Security Administration, which individual would be consi-dered disabled?
a. A wheelchair-bound person
b. A person unable to engage in any gainful activity because of a medical impair-ment
c. A handicapped person
d. A person who has had a stroke or has lost the use of a lower extremity
B
By definition, the Social Security Administration defines a disabled person as a person unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity by reason of medically determinable physical or mental impairment.
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