disability

disability
noun
ADJECTIVE
chronic, profound, serious, severe, significant
mild (esp. AmE)

Many children with mild disabilities are integrated in general education.

lifelong, long-term, permanent

8 000 babies a year develop long-term disabilities resulting from this infection.

cognitive, developmental, emotional (AmE), intellectual, mental, physical, psychiatric (esp. AmE), psychological (esp. AmE)

children who have severe developmental disabilities

hearing, visual (both esp. AmE)

lectures for students with hearing disabilities

learning, reading (AmE)

Up to 20% have a learning disability.

hidden

those with a visible or a hidden disability

VERB + DISABILITY
experience, have, suffer, suffer from

patients who have suffered disability after stroke

cause

No one knows what causes learning disabilities.

cope with, live with

people who are learning to live with disability

diagnose, identify

an attempt to identify learning disability among children

overcome

She has overcome her disability to become an artist.

prevent

The drug's utility in preventing long-term disability is unproven.

DISABILITY + NOUN
movement, organization
discrimination
rights

an article on disability rights

activist (esp. AmE)

She was a vocal disability activist.

issues

Staff members have been educated in disability issues.

allowance, benefit, check (AmE), claim (esp. AmE), compensation (esp. AmE), pay (AmE), payment, pension

She saved the money from her monthly disability payments.

coverage (AmE), insurance (esp. AmE)
status (esp. AmE)

the criteria required for disability status


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