Temporary injuries typically don't rise to the level of an ADA disability.

Minor injuries are not generally considered disabilities under the ADA. In order to qualify as disabling, a physical or mental condition must substantially limit a major life activity such as walking, talking, breathing or working.

The condition doesn't have to completely prevent or severely restrict the individual in the performance of a major life activity, but it must be more than transitory or minor. Each condition must be assessed individually.

Recent case: Yvonne, a middle-school assistant principal, twice injured herself at work.

First, she hurt her shoulder and was cleared to return to work with two restrictions: not lifting with her right arm and no pushing or pulling with the same arm. Two months later, her doctors said she was fully recovered.

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