### Question
What does other severely disabled mean?


### Answer
**Other severely disabled** has the following meaning in *41 U.S.C. § 8501*:

> an individual or class of individuals under a physical or mental disability, other than blindness, which (according to criteria established by the Committee after consultation with appropriate entities of the Federal Government and taking into account the views of non-Federal Government entities representing the disabled) constitutes a substantial handicap to employment and is of a nature that prevents the individual from currently engaging in normal competitive employment

#### Citation:
  - *41 U.S.C. § 8501*
  - Heading: **Subtitle IV-Miscellaneous > CHAPTER 85-COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED**

