Certain injuries and medical conditions can have a lasting impact on a person’s ability to work, move, and carry out everyday activities. From traumatic accidents to chronic health issues, disabilities can arise in many different ways.
Below are 10 of the most common disabilities and conditions that affect individuals and may require ongoing medical care, rehabilitation, or lifestyle adjustments.
1. Musculoskeletal Disorders
Some disorders impact your bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Joint dysfunction, for example, can cause severe pain that could prevent you from working, and so can arthritis. Musculoskeletal disorders might develop as a result of the regular aging process. They can also develop after a serious accident, a fall, or other physical trauma.
2. Mental Health Disorders
Mental health disorders, like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress disorder, impact your thought patterns, activity levels, concentration, and moods. They can be severe enough to affect your daily life. In the most serious instances, mental health disorders require long-term hospitalization.
3. Respiratory Disorders
Respiratory disorders can significantly affect a person’s daily tasks and activities. Many cases of asthma are mild, but severe asthma could prevent you from doing any strenuous activities. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is another common respiratory disorder that may necessitate specialized breathing equipment and prevent you from working.
4. Sensory Disorders and Disabilities
Sensory disorders and disabilities affect your vision, hearing, or other senses. You may struggle to manage daily tasks, making it impossible to hold a regular job. Living independently could be a challenge, too.
5. Cardiovascular Conditions
Structural heart issues, hypertension, or heart disease can prevent you from maintaining steady employment. Working can put some people with heart conditions in danger of suffering strokes, heart attacks, and a number of other serious health consequences.
6. Neurological Disorders
Neurological conditions such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis can prevent you from working due to symptoms that can include unmanageable fatigue, physical limitations, and seizures. Strokes and aneurysms are neurological conditions that could affect your ability to function and make it impossible to hold down a job.
7. Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Developmental and intellectual disabilities can occur as a result of genetic factors, birth injuries, illnesses, or accidents. Someone with a developmental or intellectual disability may struggle to learn and problem-solve, making maintaining a job difficult. Williams syndrome is one such example.
8. Injuries
Severe injuries from car crashes, workplace accidents, slip and fall accidents, or defective products can be serious enough to prevent you from working or keeping up with daily responsibilities.
9. Cancer
Cancer-related pain and fatigue can be disabling. Treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation affect a person’s well-being, often leaving them unable to earn a living. Sometimes, treatment goes on for years, even if the cancer is eventually cured.
10. Chronic Fatigue and Pain Syndromes
Chronic fatigue and pain syndromes are not well understood, but they are recognized as conditions that often make it impossible to keep up with regular work hours. Since these illnesses are typically not curable, they may qualify for long-term disability benefits.
Contact Our Houston Personal Injury Lawyers at The de la Garza Law Group for a Free Consultation
If you have a disabling health condition, reach out to a Houston,TX, attorney for advice on filing for disability. Your attorney can help you understand the signs that you will be approved for disability and can answer questions about the process. With their guidance, you have a better chance of obtaining the benefits you need.
For more information, call The de la Garza Law Group to schedule a free consultation with one of our Houston personal injury lawyers.
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