MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITY

major life activity.Any activity that an average person in the general population can perform with little or no difficulty, such as seeing, hearing, sleeping, eating, walking, traveling, and working. • A person who is substantially limited in a major life activity is protected from discrimination under a variety of disability laws, most significantly the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. 42 USCA § 12102(2); 29 USCA § 705(9)(B). See

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. [Cases: Civil Rights 1019(2), 1218(2). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 2, 6–7, 9–10, 19, 21, 61.]

[Blacks Law 8th]