Disabled
adjective
Not able to use a part of the body properly or easily due to disease or injury.
He is a disabled war veteran, who suffered a severe leg wound.
Often appears as...
- disabled person
- disabled facility
adjective
Not functioning or able to function.
The computer system is currently disabled; we are working on the problem.
Often appears as...
- disabled vehicle
- disabled machinery
Usage tips
Technical, General
verb
Prevent from functioning in a normal way.
The administrator has disabled the comments section on the website.
Often appears as...
- disabled comments
- disabled function
adjective
Not able to use a part of the body properly or easily due to disease or injury.
He is a disabled war veteran, who suffered a severe leg wound.
Often appears as...
- disabled person
- disabled facility
adjective
Not functioning or able to function.
The computer system is currently disabled; we are working on the problem.
Often appears as...
- disabled vehicle
- disabled machinery
Usage tips
Technical, General
verb
Prevent from functioning in a normal way.
The administrator has disabled the comments section on the website.
Often appears as...
- disabled comments
- disabled function
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Impairment
Refers to long-term loss or limitation of physical function, often needing special facilities.
New buildings have ramps for disabled access.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity Required
Use the word respectfully when referring to people with disabilities to avoid offense.
Facilities for disabled individuals are on the first floor.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Identity
Being disabled can form part of someone's identity, and it can affect social interactions.
The disabled artist's work challenges social norms.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Impairment
Refers to long-term loss or limitation of physical function, often needing special facilities.
New buildings have ramps for disabled access.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity Required
Use the word respectfully when referring to people with disabilities to avoid offense.
Facilities for disabled individuals are on the first floor.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Identity
Being disabled can form part of someone's identity, and it can affect social interactions.
The disabled artist's work challenges social norms.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Impairment
Refers to long-term loss or limitation of physical function, often needing special facilities.
New buildings have ramps for disabled access.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity Required
Use the word respectfully when referring to people with disabilities to avoid offense.
Facilities for disabled individuals are on the first floor.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Identity
Being disabled can form part of someone's identity, and it can affect social interactions.
The disabled artist's work challenges social norms.
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Video examples
Finding support in...
food stamps shortly after we launched we started tracking search results and we started to see what people were searching for we found people in dire situations searching for housing or food but we also found parents of disabled children just looking for support groups we even saw people that were just running what
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
There are those individuals who are profoundly intellectually disabled but there are those that are gifted. There are those individuals who don't talk at all; there are those individuals who talk too much. There are those individuals that if you observe them in their school,
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Who was Confucius? -...
Confucius developed what would become a lifelong sympathy for the suffering of the common people. Barely supporting his mother and disabled brother as a herder and account keeper at a granary, and with other odd jobs, it was only with the help of a wealthy friend
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Can you make a wildlife...
working with a researcher in a wheelchair doesn't actually cost the production any more money thanks to access to work which is a government scheme which provides funding to enable disabled people to carry out their work and this can be in the form of a support
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New bionics let us run,...
Our built environment, our technologies, are broken and disabled. We the people need not accept our limitations, but can transcend disability through technological innovation. Indeed, through fundamental advances in bionics in this century,
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Sex for Disabled People...
it doesn't stop being abusive simply because the men are disabled if men are unable to have egalitarian and wanted sexual relationships with others I'm afraid it does not become okay that they then are abusive sexually asta knows his
Video examples
Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
in the world. Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect. But if you ask me today, if I would ever want to change my situation, I would have to say no. Because my legs haven't disabled me,
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I got 99 problems......
Now, I must warn you, I'm not inspirational. And I don't want anyone in this room to feel bad for me, because at some point in your life, you have dreamt of being disabled. Come on a journey with me.
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Disabled Baby Elephant...
is that has survived for so long unlike on the savannah there are no large predators here which might explain why but life in the forest for a disabled calf is by no means easy
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The opportunity of...
There's an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I'm disabled.
Video examples
Finding support in...
food stamps shortly after we launched we started tracking search results and we started to see what people were searching for we found people in dire situations searching for housing or food but we also found parents of disabled children just looking for support groups we even saw people that were just running what
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
There are those individuals who are profoundly intellectually disabled but there are those that are gifted. There are those individuals who don't talk at all; there are those individuals who talk too much. There are those individuals that if you observe them in their school,
Video examples
Who was Confucius? -...
Confucius developed what would become a lifelong sympathy for the suffering of the common people. Barely supporting his mother and disabled brother as a herder and account keeper at a granary, and with other odd jobs, it was only with the help of a wealthy friend
Video examples
Can you make a wildlife...
working with a researcher in a wheelchair doesn't actually cost the production any more money thanks to access to work which is a government scheme which provides funding to enable disabled people to carry out their work and this can be in the form of a support
Video examples
New bionics let us run,...
Our built environment, our technologies, are broken and disabled. We the people need not accept our limitations, but can transcend disability through technological innovation. Indeed, through fundamental advances in bionics in this century,
Video examples
Sex for Disabled People...
it doesn't stop being abusive simply because the men are disabled if men are unable to have egalitarian and wanted sexual relationships with others I'm afraid it does not become okay that they then are abusive sexually asta knows his
Video examples
Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
in the world. Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect. But if you ask me today, if I would ever want to change my situation, I would have to say no. Because my legs haven't disabled me,
Video examples
I got 99 problems......
Now, I must warn you, I'm not inspirational. And I don't want anyone in this room to feel bad for me, because at some point in your life, you have dreamt of being disabled. Come on a journey with me.
Video examples
Disabled Baby Elephant...
is that has survived for so long unlike on the savannah there are no large predators here which might explain why but life in the forest for a disabled calf is by no means easy
Video examples
The opportunity of...
There's an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I'm disabled.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jim Brown
American Athlete
If you help disabled children, it's very appealing. If you help kids with cancer, those are the things you get credit for and those things are beautiful. But when it comes to stopping violence or really putting the time into rebuilding schools, that's just a different kind of project. It takes more than just money to do that.
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Kadeena Cox
British Athlete
For me its a struggle because I don't have a visible disability and a lot of companies want to tick a box to say they've got a partnership with a disabled athlete. But if the rest of the world can't see that they're disabled then they don't think it's worth it.
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Jimmy Carr
English Comedian
You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can't talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that.
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Josh Blue
As I get older and mature and see the world, I think it's really rewarding to have people take inspiration - I hate the 'I' word - but I think a lot of disabled people really thank me for putting disability out there in a positive way.
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Kimbo Slice
Bahamian Athlete
I gots to make the dough to support myself and my disabled moms. God bless her soul. I live to bleed for that woman. I want to go as far as my power will take me.
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Eric Greitens
American Politician
When vets come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity. Then the VA, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.
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Stella Young
Australian Comedian
The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.
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John Sulston
British Scientist
I don't think one ought to bring a clearly disabled child into the world.
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Warwick Davis
English Actor
The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.
Quote examples
Sudha Chandran
I have joined the BJP to help disabled people.
Quote examples
Jim Brown
American Athlete
If you help disabled children, it's very appealing. If you help kids with cancer, those are the things you get credit for and those things are beautiful. But when it comes to stopping violence or really putting the time into rebuilding schools, that's just a different kind of project. It takes more than just money to do that.
Quote examples
Kadeena Cox
British Athlete
For me its a struggle because I don't have a visible disability and a lot of companies want to tick a box to say they've got a partnership with a disabled athlete. But if the rest of the world can't see that they're disabled then they don't think it's worth it.
Quote examples
Jimmy Carr
English Comedian
You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can't talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that.
Quote examples
Josh Blue
As I get older and mature and see the world, I think it's really rewarding to have people take inspiration - I hate the 'I' word - but I think a lot of disabled people really thank me for putting disability out there in a positive way.
Quote examples
Kimbo Slice
Bahamian Athlete
I gots to make the dough to support myself and my disabled moms. God bless her soul. I live to bleed for that woman. I want to go as far as my power will take me.
Quote examples
Eric Greitens
American Politician
When vets come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity. Then the VA, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.
Quote examples
Stella Young
Australian Comedian
The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.
Quote examples
John Sulston
British Scientist
I don't think one ought to bring a clearly disabled child into the world.
Quote examples
Warwick Davis
English Actor
The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.
Quote examples
Sudha Chandran
I have joined the BJP to help disabled people.
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