Is cancer considered a disability?

Cancer, in and of itself, is not considered a permanent disability. This is Federal & the Feds decide on SSD. I don't know for a fact, but I would think it would be unlikely that individual states would consider all people ever diagnosed with cancer as disabled. read more

Disability approvals based on cancer are no different. In fact, if the original tumor and any metastatic disease appear to have disappeared and have not been evident for three years or more, the impairment no longer meets the disability criteria for a neoplastic disease. read more

Questions & Answers about Cancer in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) introduction The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ("Amendments Act" or "ADAAA"), is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities. read more