Meaning of Disability | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
   countable
2. Difficulty that possess some people to be able to make activities, learn or obtain things with normality.
3. The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
   uncountable
4. Illness or condition that can prevent temporary or permanently to a person manage usually.
5. A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needs.
   countable
6. An inability.
   countable, obsolete
7. A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
   countable
8. Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.
   informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“people with disabilities”

“Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. The King himself intervened by a letter[…]Chatham yielded to such persuasion; though suffering from a universal tremor.”

“While physical and sensory disability is usually identified by asking a subject what he or she can or cannot do (with or without assistance), cognitive disability is assessed with a test such as a mental status questionnaire (MSQ).”

“Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted.”

“I had to go on disability after the accident.”

“Did you get your disability this month?”

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