The words âimpairment,â âdisability,â and âhandicap,â are often used interchangeably. They have very different meanings, however. The differences in meaning are important for understanding the effects of neurological injury on development. Impairment: any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function.
Alaska Time - USA + Canada . Alaska Standard Time ( AKST ) = GMT-9 Alaska Daylight Time ( AKDT ) = GMT-8 What time zone is Alaska Standard Time in? Most of Alaska is 9 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-9). Almost all of Alaska is in the Alaska Time Zone. The western most Aleutian islands and St. Lawrence island are on Hawaii-Aleutian Time, which are 10 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-10) and where Daylight-Saving Time is not observed . When does Alaska Time change to Daylight Saving Time? Like most states in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time is observed in Alaska, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting in an 8 hours difference behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-8). After the Summer months the time is shifted back by 1 hour resulting in the normal 9 hours difference behind GMT. The schedule for the states of the United States that adopt daylight saving time are: 2 a.m. on the Second Sunday in March to 2 a.m. on the First Sunday of November.
Report Abuse. 1  Pacific To Gmt. 2  Usually about 8 hours if you use somewhere like L.A as the west coast. 3  Usa Time Difference.  I'm assuming that PST is Pacific Standard Time, in which case the UK is 8 hours 1  ahead. 8 hours.  8 1  hours. PST is 8 hrs behind  GMT.