The Ohio Fair Employment Practice Law prohibits employment practices that discriminate on the basis of disability. The law covers private employers with four or more employees and all state and local government agencies, regardless of size (OH Rev. Code Sec. 4112.01 et seq.).
The term "disability" is defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, including caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, and working (OH Rev. Code Sec. 4112.01(A)(13)). The definition also includes a record of an impairment, or being regarded as having an impairment
Physical or mental impairment. An impairment includes any of the following:
The following are expressly excluded from the definition of impairment:
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