The famous Social Security Blue Book through which you have been browsing is an important tool in the disability determination process. Make sure to pick a specific disability and refer to it by name.

Read through the information about some of the impairments that interest you. Then go to the library's website and begin doing some preliminary research. Locate and skim through some articles on various topics related to the impairments you have chosen. When you have found a topic that interests you AND located some research topics on the subject, you are ready for this week's assignment, which is in two parts:

1. Define disability Discuss in 100-150 words your current understanding of disability based on the Social Security definition and the other definitions you found online.