major life activities of a person; (b) a record of having such impairment; or (c) being regarded as having such impairment.” Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 1(17). Bratton relies on subsection (a), contending that he suffers from a physical impairment that substantially limits a major life activity — his ability to process bodily waste. Compl. ¶ 47; PI. Opp’n at 8. Chapter 151B, § 1(20) defines “major life activities” as “functions, including, but not limited to, caring for one’s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working.” It is a question of law whether the ability to process one’s bodily fluid is a “major life activity” for purposes of chapter 151B, see Bragdon v. Abbott, 524 U.S. 624, 638, 118 S.Ct. 2196, 141 L.Ed.2d 540 (1998) (<HOLDING>), a question that remains unanswered. See Ryan
holding that reproduction is major fife activity pursuant to ada holding that reproduction is not a major life activity recognizing sleeping as major life activity holding that breathing is a major life activity within the contemplation of the ada holding that whether depression gives rise to a substantial limitation on a major life activity for purposes of ada depends on its severity