Yes, if your Dr. has diagnosed you with this, and you qualified for SSI or SSDI, then you are considered, in the legal sense, disabled.  But of course, disabled don't mean we can't do anything.  We can do lots of things.  Sometimes we are taught different, and do things a little different and think different.  But lots of Bipolar people have great success and do great things.  There is a list out there of many great people who have done super great things, I mean like stars and all of the like.  You name what it is, and they have done it.  You would be surprised by some of the names on the list of greats.  Time, patience and counceling and meds, and right dieting and sleeping schedules and expercising, and for me, church too, we can do all.  Take care. Carl