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Disability and incapacity
The same words mean different tests. Everyday talk, medical models, employment law, compensation schemes, and income-protection policies do not share a definition. Income protection usually assesses treated performance of material duties. Discrimination statutes often look at the unmitigated baseline. Mixing those axes is a trap.
33 contexts · Disability · Incapacity · Mitigated-state trap · Capacity ≠ performance
How the word is used
Incapacity
General / Dictionary
The state of lacking the physical, mental, or legal ability to do something.
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Medical Model
Functional inability to perform physical or cognitive tasks due to illness, injury, or impairment.
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Conceptual / Academic
A broad umbrella concept spanning medical, legal, and functional inability, contrasted with "disability" (often more status/rights-based) and "incapacitation" (…
Income protection and insured disability
Workplace incapacity and equity
Incapacity
Employment - South Africa (LRA Schedule 8: Incapacity - Ill Health or Injury)
Inability of an employee to perform their duties due to ill health or injury, which may (if the incapacity is permanent and no reasonable accommodation is possi…
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Employment - South Africa (LRA Schedule 8: Incapacity - Poor Work Performance)
Inability of an employee to meet the required performance standard, distinct from ill health, which may justify dismissal if fair procedure (setting standards, …