ISBN: | 978-5-5140-2797-2 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) is the legal name of a social welfare program and service offered in Alberta to nearly 39,000 Albertan citizens. Former AISH act legislation defined severe handicap as “adult Albertans with a permanent disability that severely impairs their ability to earn a living.” The legal definition in legislation defines “severe handicap” as an impairment of mental or physical functioning or both that, in a director’s opinion after considering any relevant medical or psychological reports, causes substantial limitation in the person’s ability to earn a livelihood and is likely to continue to affect that person permanently because no remedial therapy is available that would materially improve the person’s ability to earn a livelihood.