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Word List: Disabilities
- disability, disabilities
(noun) - Definition:
- an absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like
- Example:
- He has a mental disability.
- Synonym(s):handicap
- disabled
(adjective) - Definition:
- having an absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like
- Example:
- Julia works with disabled children.
- disabled person, disabled persons
(noun) - Definition:
- a person with a disability
- Example:
- She has two disabled persons among her friends.
- physically handicapped
(adjective) - Definition:
- having an absence of competent physical power
- Example:
- The child is physically handicapped.
- mentally handicapped
(adjective) - Definition:
- having an absence of competent intellectual or moral power
- Example:
- The girl learns slowly because she is mentally handicapped.
- sane [seɪn]
(adjective) - Definition:
- being in a healthy condition; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner
- Example:
- The old man still seems to be sane.
- Antonym(s):insane, crazy
- insane [ɪnˈseɪn]
(adjective) - Definition:
- a disorder of mind; not having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner
- Example:
- He was committed to an institution because he was insane.
- Antonym(s):sane
- impaired hearing
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- not being able to properly hear sounds
- Example:
- For 30 years now he has had to cope with impaired hearing.
- deaf [ˈdɛf]
(adjective) - Definition:
- not being able to hear
- Example:
- She used sign language to communicate because she was deaf.
- paralysed
(adjective) - Definition:
- not being able to move
- Example:
- He needs a wheelchair because he is paralysed.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/people/health-care/disabilities/
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