According to the Social Security Administration, which individual would be considered disabled?
a. A wheelchair-bound person
b. A person unable to engage in any gainful activity because of a medical impairment
c. A handicapped person
d. A person who has had a stroke or has lost the use of a lower extremity
ANS: B
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