title: Excepted service--appointment of persons with intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, and psychiatric disabilities. Final regulation.
abstract: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final regulation pertaining to the appointment of persons with intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, and psychiatric disabilities. The regulation removes an unnecessary burden for these individuals when applying for Federal jobs and modernizes the terminology used to describe people with disabilities.
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States