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disability::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disablement, handicap, impairment |
| Type of | softness, unfitness |
| Has types | astasia, bandy leg, bandy legs, bandyleg, bow leg, bow legs, bowleg, descensus, disability of walking, disintegration, dysomia, dysphasia, genu valgum, genu varum, hearing disorder, hearing impairment, hypesthesia, hypoesthesia, knock-knee, pigeon toes, prolapse, prolapsus, tibia valga, tibia vara, vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, amputation, visual impairment, anorgasmia |
| Derivation | disabled |
reading disability.
Examples of disability
disability
She was not employed during her years in Albany and received a disability check.
From the timesunion.com
Across the U.S., an estimated 54 million Americans are living with a disability.
From the kentucky.com
They missed weeks of work, which forced our insurer to fork over disability pay.
From the businessweek.com
It is open to all disability groups, meaning there is a lengthy list of classes.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Those suffering from the disability find it hard to do arithmetic in their head.
From the nzherald.co.nz
They cause 20 per cent of the developing world's death, disability, and disease.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
They used to give you an Oscar for playing someone with some kind of disability.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Workers'compensation laws were passed and disability insurance became customary.
From the us.cnn.com
Almost half of Australians with a disability live in or near a state of poverty.
From the smh.com.au
- The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
- Disability, according to the World Health Organization, is defined as "...an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. ...
- (Disabilities (Jewish)) Disabilities were legal restrictions and limitations placed on Jews in the Middle Ages. ...
- State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like; Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency; The combination of a physical or intellectual impairment of an ...
- (disabilities) is used according to its definition in Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 which is: an individual who either 1) has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of that person's major life ...
- (Disabilities) If you have a physical, psychological, medical or learning disability that may impact on your ability to carry out assigned course work, you should contact the staff in the Disabled Student Services office (DSS), Room 133 Humanities, 632-6748. ...
- (disabilities) conditions that make doing something more difficult
- The inability to perform an activity in a normal way as a result of an impairment, such as not being able to walk due to a weakness or paralysis in a leg.
- Inability to carry on in one's normal occupation due to accident or sickness.
