This is not an exhaustive list of qualifying disabilities by any means, but Canadians with the following conditions have successfully been approved for the Disability Tax Credit and received tax benefits:
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Acoustic Neuroma (Vestibular Schwannoma)
- Addiction (alcohol, drug, gambling, internet, prescription medications, sexual, substance abuse, etc.)
- Addison’s Disease
- Agoraphobia
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Amputation
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/Lou Gehrig’s Disease
- Angina
- Ankle Surgery
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Aplastic Anemia
- Arthritis
- Asperger Syndrome
- Asthma
- Ataxia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
- Autism
- Autoimmune Disorders
- Back Injury
- Behçet’s Disease
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bladder Disorder
- Blindness
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Bowel Disorder
- Brain Injury
- Brain Tumour
- Broken Bone(s)
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Cancer
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cavus Foot
- Clavicle Fracture
- Celiac Disease
- Cerebral Haemorrhage
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)
- Chemical Sensitivities
- Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD)
- Chromosome Anomaly
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
- Chronic Inflammatory
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Renal Failure
- Cognitive Impairment
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Conduct Disorder
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Congenital Heart Defecte
- Congenital Dysplasia of the Hip
- Congestive Heart Failure
- COPD
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
- Cri Du Chat Syndrome
- Crohn’s Disease
- Cushing’s Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- De Vivo Disease
- Deafness
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Depression
- Developmental Delays
- Dexterity issues
- Diabetes ( Type 1, Type 2, Diabetes Insipidus (DI))
- Diffuse Scleroderma
- Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
- Down Syndrome
- Dressing Impairment
- Dumping Syndrome
- Dupuytren’s Contracture
- Dysgraphia
- Dyslexia
- Eating disorders
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Electrocution
- Elimination (Impairment in bowel or bladder functions)
- Emphysema
- Erb’s Palsy
- Epilepsy
- Expressive Language Disorder
- Failed Back Syndrome (FBS)
- Feeding Impairment
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
- Fibromyalgia (FM)
- Foix-Chavany-Marie Syndrome
- Foot Ulcers
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Fused Wrist
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gender Identity Disorder (GID)
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Glaucoma
- Global Developmental Delay (GDD)
- Glomerulonephritis
- Graves’ Disease
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
- Hearing Loss
- Heart Attack
- Heart Defect
- Heart Disease
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