Signs & Symptoms of Disabilities emphasize what?

• A. Observable indicators and reported feelings.
• B. Only objective measurements.
• C. Only genetic information.
• D. Only age.

Answer: (B)

Signs and symptoms are about what you can observe and what the person reports about how they feel. Signs are observable things you can see or measure—like a limp, changes in balance, or a tremor. Symptoms are the experiences the person describes—pain, dizziness, fatigue. Together, they capture both objective indicators and the person’s subjective experiences, which helps you understand how the disability affects daily life and guides care. Relying only on objective measurements misses how the person feels and what they’re experiencing. Background factors like genetics or age might be relevant for broader context, but they’re not what signs and symptoms focus on.