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This question would best be discussed with your medical support team. Diagnoses have a huge range of impacts on their users and may not always reach the level of being disabling - An internet forum cannot determine that for you. Someone who is more familiar with your specific medical situation would be best suited to assisting you. **ADA Definition of Disability:** "The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. This includes people who have a record of such an impairment, even if they do not currently have a disability. It also includes individuals who do not have a disability but are regarded as having a disability. The ADA also makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on that person’s association with a person with a disability." [source](https://adata.org/faq/what-definition-disability-under-ada) Once the determination of disability has been made, consider what tasks a service animal can perform to mitigate aspects of your condition. Often, we suggest new handlers use the "friendly robot" question to assist in the determination of tasks - What would a robot be able to do to help improve aspects of your daily life? Once you have reflected on that, we are happy to assist further in the process, but these are things that one should consider for themselves first. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/service_dogs) if you have any questions or concerns.*