disabled
- noun
- /dɪsˈeɪbld/
- Advocates are pushing for better accessibility measures to support disabled individuals in all public spaces.
- learning disabled
- the disabled and the elderly
- the disabled and visible minorities
But of course as soon as you say that, oh, you want to force the disabled to work to work.
- But of course as soon as you say that, oh, you want to force the disabled to work to work.
- Children, elderly, disabled, or already in a working household.
Examples
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Thus, job opportunities can be provided to the disabled, and limitations in other jobs can be compensated.
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What message does he think this sends to disabled people?
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I also think that disabled people help us find purpose.
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Then there is the disabled community, which is split.
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Why is there no data on the millions of disabled people who are now suffering?
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The facility for the disabled.
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The government will establish a welfare fund for the disabled, with money to be used specifically.
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And during COVID, what wound up happening is that disabled people lost everything.
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Job opportunities for disabled people have not been protected, and sometimes the disabled may even face obstructions that are more serious.
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And for Medicaid, young, poor and disabled women make up the majority of the recipients.
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Etymology
Disabled is also used as a noun for a group of people and has the same parts dis- 'not' and able 'able to do something', so it refers to people who have long-term physical or mental limits that affect daily life.