Disability: Category Two
IS THE INDIVIDUAL A PERSON WITH A RECORD OF A DISABILITY?
The second category of people who are protected from discrimination under WIA Section 188 are people who have a record of a past disability, but who have recovered from, or who no longer have, that disability. This aspect of the regulation protects people such as cancer survivors from the effects of unfounded fears and unfair stereotypes that may be associated with their past impairments (e.g. fear that the condition will reoccur and the person will require extended leave).
