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Ableism: a prejudice in favor of the able-bodied
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Ableism: a prejudice in favor of the able-bodied
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(among disabled people) A person who has no disability.
n
Discrimination against persons with disabilities or favour of those without.
adj
Exhibiting or relating to ableism.
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The assumption that all human beings are nondisabled, or the marginalization, stigmatization, or pathologization of disability and/or disabled people.
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(neologism) The act of a nondisabled person condescendingly explaining disability, especially with the presumption that the disabled lack relevant understanding or authority, or are not in a position to speak for themselves.
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(medicine) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
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(specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
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Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped.
adj
Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability
n
umbrella term that includes adaptive, assistive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities
n
(medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy
adj
Unable to leave one's chair, or confined to a wheelchair
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Any life-long disability attributable to mental and/or physical impairments, manifested during childhood or later in the human development age (variously given as being before age 16, 18, or 21).
adj
(euphemistic, often humorous or pejoratively so except India) Disabled or handicapped.
adj
Alternative form of differently able [(euphemistic, often humorous or pejoratively so except India) Disabled or handicapped.]
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(disability theory) An inability imposed on a person by society's failure to accommodate their physical or mental differences from others, as opposed to impairment.
n
One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)
n
(uncountable, Britain) collectively, disability sport
n
The state of being disabled.
n
Alternative form of disablism [Ableism: discrimination against the disabled.]
adj
Alternative form of disablist [Exhibiting disablism; prejudiced against the disabled.]
n
Ableism: discrimination against the disabled.
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One who exhibits disablism
n
Relative immaturity compared with its age
n
A learning difference that involves impairment with understanding and/or using nonverbal communication
n
The disappearance of brain waves on an electroencephalogram.
adj
(euphemistic, of a person) Mentally disabled but still able to survive in wider society.
adj
(rare, neologism) Disabled or handicapped.
n
The marketing of products and services to disabled people, particularly products and services that are designed to meet these consumers' unique needs.
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Able to be handicapped (able to be subjected to handicap).
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A permit allowing handicapped people to park in handicapped spaces.
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A sign indicating that a certain facility (e.g. parking space, toilet) is reserved for disabled people.
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A parking space reserved for handicapped people.
adj
Able to be accessed by people having physical handicaps.
n
(Canada, US) A disabled person.
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Alternative form of handicapism [Ableism]
n
A disability or handicap
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A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.
adj
Existing between a disabled person and one who is not disabled (of a romantic relationship or the like).
n
(dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
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(chiefly UK) Any medically recognized condition (as opposed to a disease) that inhibits a person's ability to function in the world.
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A disability which prevents the sufferer from learning in a typical manner.
adj
Having a condition that impedes learning,
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(psychology, dated) A developmental disability in which the person has a very low intelligence quotient, usually below 70, plus difficulty in multiple areas of daily life. Evidence of this disability must have appeared before the person reached adulthood for diagnosis.
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(sometimes attributive) More than one disability.
adj
Involving or relating to more than one disability.
adj
Having more than one disability.
adj
Having more than one handicap or disability.
adj
Having a neurological disability.
adj
Relating to all forms of human disability.
n
Language that refers to people with disabilities by saying people first, for example "people with disabilities", instead of adjectives ("disabled people") and copulas ("he is disabled") that would give primacy to the disability.
adj
(euphemistic) Having some physical disability; disabled.
n
A handicap involving multiple disabilities
adj
Having more than one handicap; multidisabled.
adj
(of a person) Disabled in such a way as to be effectively unable to read print material, whether due to blindness, dyslexia, or another disability.
adj
(euphemistic) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
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The desire or need of a person identified as able-bodied by other people to transform his or her body to obtain a physical impairment
n
The desire to acquire a disability through choice rather than happenstance; the condition of having a body integrity identity disorder.
n
A person who is injured or disabled and uses a wheelchair, usually long-term.
adj
alternative spelling of wheelchairbound [Confined to a wheelchair.]
adj
Confined to a wheelchair.
adj
Confined to a wheelchair.
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