Chronic conditions and disability often are treated as one and the same. Still, many individuals with disabilities do not have illnesses or symptoms that necessitate health care interventions. One...

Chronic conditions and disability often are treated as one and the same. Still, many individuals with disabilities do not have illnesses or symptoms that necessitate health care interventions. One downside of this conflation of the two ideas is that persons with disability often are treated as if they are “sick.” Discuss the problem from the flip side of the coin: namely, the ethical issues that arise when a person with a chronic condition is treated as if he or she has a disability, not an illness or clinical symptom. Name some chronic conditions in which there is likely also to be disability.