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  • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race
  • White (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa or the Middle East
  • Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa
  • Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands
  • Asian (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand and Vietnam
  • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment
  • Two or more races (not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above six races

A disabled veteran is one of the following:

  • A veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
  • A person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
  • A recently separated veteran means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
  • An active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
  • An Armed forces service medal veteran means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

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Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Autism
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Blindness
  • Cancer
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deafness
  • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Major depression
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Schizophrenia
  • Impairments requiring the use of a wheelchair
  • Intellectual disability (previously called mental retardation)

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