Major life activity
Major life activity - under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), any activity that an average person in the general population can perform with little or no difficulty, such as seeing, hearing, sleeping, eating, walking, breathing, sitting, etc. A person who is substantially limited in performing a major life activity, due to a permanent or long-term physical or mental impairment, has certain rights and protections under a variety of disability laws, most significantly the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act.See also: Accessibility; Americans with Disabilities Act; Anti-discrimination law; Civil Rights Act; Disability law; Discrimination; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Equal opportunity; Individual with disability; Protected Class; Reasonable accommodation; Rehabilitation Act; Undue hardship