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A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.
An individual may also qualify as disabled if he/she has had an impairment in the past or is seen as disabled based on a personal or group standard or norm. Such impairments may include physical, sensory, and cognitive or developmental disabilities. Mental disorders (also known as psychiatric or psychosocial disability) and various types of chronic disease may also qualify as disabilities.
Some advocates object to describing certain conditions (notably deafness and autism) as "disabilities", arguing that it is more appropriate to consider them developmental differences that have been unfairly stigmatized by society.
A disability may occur during a person's lifetime or may be present from birth.
Disability is caused by impairments to various subsystems of the body - these can be broadly sorted into the following categories.
Any impairment which limits the physical function of limbs or fine or gross motor ability is a physical disability. Other physical disabilities include impairments which limit other facets of daily living, such as severe sleep apnea.
Ben Myers or Benjamin Myers (born 1976 in Durham) is an English writer.
His first novel The Book Of Fuck, a fictionalised account about a hapless music journalist, was published to underground acclaim in 2004 through Wrecking Ball Press. Myers claimed it was written in six days "as a joke". It was published in Italian in 2005.
Myers' second novel, Richard: A Novel, was published by Picador in October 2010. He recently announced the publication of a new novel Pig Iron under his full name Benjamin Myers in 2012. His short stories and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies since 1999.
As a teenager Myers began writing for British weekly Melody Maker. In 1997 he became their staff writer. As of 2009 he has written about literature, music and the arts for a number of publications including Mojo, The Guardian, NME, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Plan B, Arena, Bizarre, The Quietus, Vice, Shortlist, Caught By The River, Classic Rock, 3:AM Magazine, Mineshaft and Time Out. In 2011 he published an article about his brief time as an intern at News Of The World