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nondisabled

nondisabled

1 3.5
Having no long-term physical or mental problem that limits daily life
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.dɪsˈeɪ.bəld/
translation icon : sin discapacidad
  • The student is learning different content at a different rate, but in shared activities with nondisabled classmates.
  • nondisabled students
  • nondisabled peers
  • nondisabled person

Examples

  • Sarah spent less time with her nondisabled classmates and correspondingly less time engaged in the general education curriculum.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The tables in the Appendix can be used as normative data for nondisabled subjects.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Class period 2 included students 1 through 5 and 24 nondisabled students.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Class period 3 included students 6 and 7 and 28 nondisabled students.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Results were compared with those of the control group, which consisted of 20 nondisabled males of the same age.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Seven students with disabilities and 52 nondisabled high school students participated in the study.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Most of the students with EBD in the present investigation formed close associations and friendships with nondisabled peers.

    Academic text (1994)

  • No students with EBD received significantly high acceptance scores, whereas 16% of the nondisabled students did receive significantly high acceptance scores.

    Academic text (1994)

  • However, compared to their nondisabled classmates, both groups with EBD were overrepresented in the high rejection classification.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The study included 30 nondisabled participants who followed the same guidelines as those with disabilities.

Synonyms

able-bodied
vsnondisabled
30 4.2

A person who is physically strong and healthy

is about lack of mental or physical impairment not only physical fitness
abled
vsnondisabled
3 4.5

Not having a disability

is framed as absence of impairment rather than as active capability
non-handicapped
vsnondisabled
  • Archaic
3.8

Not having a physical or mental disability

is the same meaning but uses a different word form

Antonyms

disabled
259 2.3

Having a long-term physical or mental condition that limits movement and daily activities

How Disabled

disabled
259 2.3
nondisabled
1 3.5

Surface Forms

nondisabled positive

Morphology

nondisabled = disabled (transparent) = non + disabled

Formed by the productive negative prefix 'non-' applied to the adjective 'disabled', so the meaning 'not having a disability' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Nondisabled starts with non- meaning 'not' and ends with able meaning 'can' or 'having ability', so it literally means 'not disabled'. That's why we use nondisabled to describe someone who does not have a physical or mental disability.