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Alabama

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Alaska

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Arizona

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease, use of portable oxygen needed, restricted by a cardiac condition, restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Arkansas

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition.

California

A certificate signed by the physician or surgeon substantiating the disability, unless the applicant's disability is readily observable and uncontested; loss of use of one or both legs or hands, or a significant limitation in the use of lower extremities as certified by a licensed chiropractor; blindness as certified by a licensed physician or surgeon or optometrist.

Colorado

Unable to move from place to place without the aid of a mechanical device or a physical impairment verified, in writing, by the Director of the division of rehabilitation or a licensed physician.

Connecticut

Unable to walk and/or blind.

Delaware

Permanent loss of the use of leg or both legs; unable to move without the use of a wheelchair or crutches; restricted by lung disease; a physical disability as certified by a licensed physician which substantially impairs the person's mobility and which is so severe that the person would endure a hardship or be subject to a risk of injury if the privilege was denied.

Florida

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; the need to permanently use a wheelchair.

Georgia

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; an impaired hearing.

Hawaii

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Idaho

Unable to walk 200 feet unassisted by another; unable to walk 200 feet without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device, etc.; unable to walk 200 feet due to neurological, orthopedic, respiratory, cardiac, arthritic disorder, blindness, or the loss of function or absence of a limb.

Illinois

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; use of portable oxygen needed.

Indiana

Temporary or permanent loss of the use of one or both legs; unable to walk the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Iowa

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by a lung disease; use of a portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Kansas

Unable to walk 100 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of a portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition in its ability to walk at least 100 feet; severe visual impairment.

Kentucky

Unable to walk 200 feet or 61 meters without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; severe visual, audio, or physical impairment including partial paralysis, lower limb amputation, chronic heart condition, emphysema, arthritic rheumatism, or debilitating condition which limits or impairs one's mobility or ability to walk.

Louisiana

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc; restricted by lung disease; use of a portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Maine

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; deaf and hard-of-hearing persons.

Maryland

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of a portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; requires the use of a wheelchair for mobility; lost, or the loss of the use of, a foot or leg; lost, or the loss of use of, an arm or a hand; a permanent impairment of both eyes; a permanent disability which is so severe that the person would endure a hardship or be subject to a risk of injury if privileges were denied.

Massachusetts

Blind; loss or a permanent loss of the use of one or both feet or one or both hands; other standards of disability and handicap as determined by the medical advisory board.

Michigan

An obvious disability or a medical statement attesting to one of the following inabilities: a. manage, manipulate, or insert coins, or obtain tickets or tokens in parking meters or ticket machines in parking lots or parking structures, due to the lack of fine motor control of both hands; b. reach above his or her head to a height of 42 inches from the ground, due to a lack of finger, hand, or upper extremity strength or mobility; c. approach a parking meter due to his or her use of a wheelchair or other device; d. walk more than 20 feet due to an orthopedic, neurological, cardiovascular, or lung condition in which the degree of debilitation is so severe that it almost completely impedes the ability to walk; e. blindness accompanied by one of the above stated incapacities.

Minnesota

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by respiratory disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; has an arterial oxygen tension of less than 60mm/Hg on room air at rest; unable to walk without a significant risk of falling; has lost an arm or a leg and does not have or cannot use an artificial limb; has a disability that would be aggravated by walking 200 feet under normal environmental conditions to an extent that would be life threatening.

Mississippi

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Missouri

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; blind.

Montana

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; has a disability resulting from an acute sensitivity to automobile emissions or from another disease or physical condition that limits or impairs the person's mobility and that is documented by the licensed physician, the chiropractor, or the nurse as being comparable in severity to the other conditions listed. 

Nebraska

A severe visual or physical impairment which limits personal mobility; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by respiratory problems; restricted by a cardiac condition; permanent loss of all or substantially all the use of one or more limbs.

Nevada

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition. 

New Hampshire

Unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition. 

New Jersey

A person who has a loss of the use of limbs as a consequence of the paralysis, amputation, or other permanent disability or who is permanently disabled as to unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise limited as certified by a physician, podiatrist, or a chiropractor physician. 

New Mexico

Unable to walk 100 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition. 

New York

Limited or no use of one or both lower limbs; a neuro-muscular dysfunction which severely limits mobility; a physical or mental impairment or condition which is other than those specified above, but is of such a nature as to impose unusual hardship in utilization of public transportation facilities and is certified by a licensed physician; a blind person.

North Carolina

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; a blind person or whose vision with glasses is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activity for which eyesight is essential as certified by a licensed opthalmologist, optometrist, or the Division of Services for the Blind. 

North Dakota

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by respiratory disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition.

Ohio

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; a blind person.

Oklahoma

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; a legally blind person; missing one or more limbs.

Oregon

A severe visual or physical impairment which limits personal mobility; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by respiratory problems; restricted by a cardiac condition; permanent loss of all or substantially all of the use of one or more limbs.

Pennsylvania

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition; a blind person; no full use of an arm or both arms; any person in loco parentis of a person specified above. 

Rhode Island

A disability which prevents or impedes walking including but not limited to: a. unable to walk without the use of a wheelchair; b. unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc.; c. an impairment caused by amputation, arthritis, blindness; d. restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition. 

South Carolina

An obvious physical disability that impairs the ability to walk or requires the use of a wheelchair, braces, walkers or crutches; loss of the use of one or both legs; restricted by lung disease; an impairment in mobility; determined by the Social Security Administration or the Veterans Administration to be totally and permanently disabled.

South Dakota

Certified that disability causes it to be impossible or a substantial hardship to walk. 

Tennessee

Disabled by paraplegia, amputation of leg, foot or both hands, or is disabled by the loss of the use of a leg, foot, or both hands; disabled by any other condition as certified by a licensed physician in not being able to get around without great difficulty, including impairments that confine such person to a wheelchair or cause such a person to walk without difficulty and insecurity, such as required use of braces or crutches, arthritis, spastics and those pulmonary or cardiac ills who may be semi ambulatory; a person with a vision of not more than 20/200 without correcting glasses.

Texas

Mobility problems that substantially impair the person's ability to ambulate: a. unable to walk without the use of a wheelchair, b. unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, etc., c. unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest, d. restricted by lung disease, e. restricted by arthritic, neurological, orthopedic condition, f. use of portable oxygen needed, g. restricted by a cardiac condition, h. has another debilitating condition that limits or impairs the person's ability to walk; visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting lenses; visual acuity of more than 20/200 but with a limited field of vision in which the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of 20 degrees or less.

Utah

A disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk as defined in the Federal Uniform System for Handicapped Parking, 58 Fed. Reg. 10, 328 (1991).

Vermont

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; Unable to walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; restricted by lung disease; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition; blind.

Virginia

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; Unable to walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; restricted by lung disease; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition; has some other debilitating condition that, in the view of a licensed physician, limits or impairs his ability to walk.

Washington

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; Unable to walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; restricted by lung disease; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition; has a disability resulting from an acute sensitivity to automobile emissions which limits or impairs the ability to walk.

West Virginia

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; Unable to walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition.

Wisconsin

A disability that impairs or limits the person's ability to walk.

Wyoming

Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to rest; Unable to walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition; a severe visual or audio impairment that limits the person's mobility.

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