NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 35 3. NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/ OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 3.1. NATIONAL DEFINITIONS AND STATISTICS Currently, there are not many definitions related to disability in the Lithuanian legal framework. The only available formal legal definition of disability in Lithuania is provided in the Law on the Social Integration of Persons with Disabilities: Disability is a long-term worsening reduction of the state of health, diminution of participation in public life and possibilities for activity, resulting from a disorder of the person’s bodily functions and detrimental environmental factors.29 Law on the Social Integration of Persons with Disabilities, 2004, No. 832983, available in Lithuanian at: https://bit.ly/45UnhbI. 29

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