Are you eligible for the disability amount?

Answer a few questions to find out if you might be able to claim the disability amount.

You are eligible for the disability amount only if a qualified practitioner certifies on Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate, that you have a prolonged impairment, and that the effects of the impairment are such that one of the following applies:

• You are blind, even with the use of corrective lenses or medication.
  
  
• You are markedly restricted in any one of the following basic activities of daily living:
  • speaking;
  • hearing;
  • walking;
  • elimination (bowel or bladder functions);
  • feeding;
  • dressing; or
  • performing the mental functions necessary for everyday life.
  
  
  
• You need, and must dedicate a certain amount of time specifically for, life-sustaining therapy to support a vital function.
  
  
• For 2005 and later years-you do not quite meet the criteria for blind or markedly restricted, but the following conditions apply:
  • because of your impairment, you are significantly restricted in two or more basic activities of daily living, or you are significantly restricted in vision and at least one of the basic activities of daily living, even with appropriate therapy, medication, and devices;
  • these significant restrictions exist together, all or substantially all the time; and
  • the cumulative effect of these significant restrictions is equivalent to being markedly restricted in a single basic activity of daily living.

For more information about eligibility for the disability amount, see
Form T2201.

The Canada Revenue Agency must approve Form T2201 for you to be eligible for the disability amount.

Forms and publications

• Medical and Disability-Related Information guide (RC4064)
• Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate

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