physically disabled people

  • 1disabled — dis|a|bled W3 [dısˈeıbəld] adj 1.) someone who is disabled cannot use a part of their body properly, or cannot learn easily →↑handicapped ▪ a support group for parents of disabled children ▪ a severely disabled polio patient physically/mentally… …

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  • 2Disabled veteran street vendors — in New York are legally exempt from municipal regulations on street vendors, under a 19th century New York state law.[1][2] As of 2004, there were 374 permitted disabled veteran street vendors, 60 of whom were permitted to operate inside Midtown… …

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  • 3disabled — Ⅰ. disabled UK US /dɪˈseɪbld/ adjective ► not having one or more of the physical or mental abilities that most people have: »disabled customers. »Many meat packing workers say the work is so physically hard that they become disabled after only a… …

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  • 4disabled — 01. Many of the buses in town now have special features to make them accessible to [disabled] passengers. 02. By going around the world in his wheelchair, Canadian hero Rick Hansen was able to show the world that people with a physical… …

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  • 5disabled */*/ — 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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  • 6physically 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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  • 7disabled — 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 It has superseded… …

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  • 8disabled — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ be born ▪ become ▪ leave sb ▪ The accident left him badly disabled. ADVERB …

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  • 9People's Republic of China — Infobox Country native name = zh. 中华人民共和国 (Simplified Chinese characters) zh. 中華人民共和國 (Traditional Chinese characters) Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó conventional long name = People s Republic of China common name = People s Republic of China symbol… …

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  • 10physically challenged — UK US adjective disabled in a way that prevents you from using part of your body properly Thesaurus: disability and people with disabilitieshyponym general words for illnesses, diseases and medical conditionssynonym * * * physically challenged,… …

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