Meaning of temporarily able-bodied | Babel Free

Definitions

Able-bodied, where this is viewed as a temporary state that could unexpectedly cease at any moment.

not-comparable

Examples

“Temporarily able-bodied persons may unfavorably judge those who are disabled because of their misinformed perception of disability and the absence of any relationship with someone who is disabled.”

“One way out of the identity impasse which was adopted by some activists in the late 1980s was to employ the term 'temporarily able-bodied' (TAB) to refer to those people who do not identify as disabled. TAB is used with a certain subversive humour, to challenge the security of the 'able-bodied' position.”

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