physically disabled

  • 11List of physically disabled politicians — The following is a list of politicians who hold or held office while having a significant physical disability. Afghanistan*Mohammed Omar, Taliban leader and former head of state (blind in one eye due to a shrapnel injury).Australia*Graham Edwards …

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  • 12physically handicapped — disabled, having a physical deformity …

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  • 13disabled */*/ — UK [dɪsˈeɪb(ə)ld] / US [dɪˈseɪb(ə)ld] adjective Words that avoid giving offence: disabled: Use disabled to describe someone who has a permanent condition, especially a physical one, that limits their activities in some way – for example, a… …

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  • 14physically challenged — (FIZ.uh.klee CHAL.unjd.) adj. Relating to a person with a physical disability or handicap. Example Citation: But ... you can t go to the beach because you fear your wheelchair will get stuck in the soft sand. Not only that, you just discovered… …

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  • 15disabled — adjective (of a person) having a physical or mental disability. ↘designed for or relating to disabled people: disabled access. Usage The word disabled is the most generally accepted term in both British and US English today. It has superseded… …

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  • 16physically — adv. Physically is used with these adjectives: ↑able, ↑abusive, ↑active, ↑afraid, ↑aggressive, ↑attached, ↑attractive, ↑capable, ↑challenging, ↑demanding, ↑disabled, ↑ …

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  • 17disabled — adjective 1) a disabled athlete Syn: handicapped, incapacitated; debilitated, infirm, out of action; crippled, lame, paralyzed, immobilized, bedridden, paraplegic, quadriplegic, in a wheelchair; euphemistic physically challenged, differently… …

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  • 18disabled — I noun people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped (Freq. 2) technology to help the elderly and the disabled • Syn: ↑handicapped • Hypernyms: ↑people • Hyponyms: ↑the …

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  • 19disabled — adjective Date: 1633 incapacitated by illness or injury; also physically or mentally impaired in a way that substantially limits activity especially in relation to employment or education …

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  • 20physically challenged — adjective having some physical disability; disabled …

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