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Also called: disabled person; disability under the MHRA.
“Disability” means any condition or characteristic that renders a person a disabled person. A disabled person is any person who (1) has a physical, sensory, or mental impairment which materially limits one or more major life activities; (2) has a record of such an impairment; (3) is regarded as having such an impairment; or (4) has an impairment that is episodic or in remission and would materially limit a major life activity when active.
Minn. Stat. § 363A.03, subd. 12. Clause (4) is new — Laws 2024, ch. 105, § 2, added it — and it closes the gap for conditions that come and go. Clause (3) is the one people miss — an employer that acts on a belief you are impaired has acted on a disability whether or not the belief was right.
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Sources checked September 8, 2026. Citations independently verified against the primary source September 8, 2026.