Targeted Disabilities

Targeted disabilities are those disabilities designated as a “targeted disability or serious health condition” on the Office of Personnel Management’s Standard Form 256, Self-Identification of Disability. As of October 2018, those disabilities are the following:

1. Developmental disability (e.g., autism spectrum disorder).
2. Traumatic brain injury.
3. Deafness or serious difficulty hearing benefiting from, for example, American Sign Language, Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART), hearing aids, a cochlear implant, and other supports.
4. Blindness or serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses.
5. Missing extremities (including arm, leg, hand, and/or foot).
6. Significant mobility impairment benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s), and other supports.
7. Partial or complete paralysis.
8. Epilepsy or other seizure disorders.
9. Intellectual disability.
10. Significant psychiatric disorder (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or major depression).
11. Dwarfism.
12. Significant disfigurement (e.g., disfigurements caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders).