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What You Need to Know About Disability
May 31st, 2010 | 
Author: There always seems to be a lot of confusion when it comes to disability, many people are a little puzzled when trying to determine what exactly constitutes a person being disabled. There are several ways that a person can be classified as living with a disability.
Physical disability is one of the top classifications, when it comes to being disabled. A physical disability means that a person is unable to do many of the things that other people are able to do on a daily basis by using their body in the same manner. This type of disability takes many forms is in the type that most people are most used to seeing in their daily lives.
There are a lot of considerations that living with a physical disability can mean. This can mean that a person is unable to go to the store without assistance or work a certain job due to a physical handicap that prevents them from doing so. Persons living with a physical disability often need assistance to do many of the basic things in life that the rest of us take for granted.
Long Term Vs Short Term Disability
When at your place of work it is important to take measures to keep yourself, your coworkers and anyone else nearby safe. However, accidents can happen and it is possible to suffer from a serious workplace injury even when you take the measures to combat on the job hazards. If you do suffer from a serious injury while working it is likely you will have to take time to recover, missing work and possibly missing paychecks. Luckily there are many options for being compensated for your suffering, such as long and short term disability.
Short Term Disability
Both short and long term disability policies exist to give injured workers the support they deserve after suffering in relation to their work duties. These policies differ in many ways. Short term disability exists to assist those who have to miss more than a few days of work following their accident, and they typically consist of the following components:
· Short term benefits will usually begin once the victim’s sick leave has been exhausted
· Sort term disability will allow the victim to recover a percentage of their paycheck throughout the healing process