disabilitydis‧a‧bil‧i‧ty /ˌdɪsəˈbɪləti/ ●●○ noun (plural disabilities) 
Public places are becoming more accessible to people with disabilities.learning/physical/mental etc disability children with severe learning disabilities2[uncountable] when you have a physical or mental disability: learning to cope with disability3[uncountable] American English money that is given by the government to people who have physical disabilitieson disability Evans lives on disability because of an accident that left her paralyzed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Because of his disability, he depended on his wife to dress him, feed him and bathe him.
- Eschbach has been living on disability for ten years.
- She manages to lead a normal life in spite of her physical disabilities.
- Studies say exposure to loud continuous noise can cause learning disabilities and behavioral problems in children.
- The group is for people who are learning to live with disability.
- There are special courses for people with disabilities.
- Casey is now in a residential school for children with emotional problems and / or learning disabilities.
- For a young person with a disability or learning difficulty this transition is crucial.
- However, mechanical aids can do much to lessen the disability of impaired body structure.
- Suppose I suffered from a reading disability or, worse yet, was illiterate?
- The progressive form follows a steady pattern of worsening symptoms and disability without periods of remission.
Longman Language Activatora physical or mental problem that makes someone disabled
a problem with part of your body which makes it difficult for you to walk, talk, see etc: · There are special courses for people with disabilities.· Because of his disability, he depended on his wife to dress him, feed him and bathe him.learning disability: · Studies say exposure to loud continuous noise can cause learning disabilities and behavioral problems in children.
a mental or physical problem that makes someone disabled: · We help people with mental or physical handicaps to find work.· Babies of alcoholic mothers can be born with a severe degree of handicap.
WORD SETSabscess, nounache, verbache, nounacne, nounagoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, nounague, noun-aholic, suffixAIDS, nounailment, nounairsick, adjectivealbino, nounalcoholic, nounalcoholism, nounallergic, adjectiveallergy, nounamnesia, nounamputee, nounanaemia, nounanaemic, adjectiveangina, nounanorexia, nounanorexic, adjectiveantacid, nounanthrax, nounantibody, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantigen, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounapoplectic, adjectiveapoplexy, nounappendicitis, nounarteriosclerosis, nounarthritis, nounaseptic, adjectiveaspirin, nounasthma, nounastigmatism, nounasymptomatic, adjectiveathlete's foot, nounatrophy, verbauto-immune disease, nounAyurvedic medicine, nounbaby blues, nounbacillus, nounbackache, nounbark, verbbattle fatigue, nounBCG, nounbedridden, adjectivebedsore, nounbed-wetting, nounbellyache, nounbenign, adjectiveberiberi, nounbespectacled, adjectivebetter, adjectivebilious, adjectivebinge, verbbiopsy, nounbirthmark, nounbite, verbbite, nounblack and blue, adjectiveBlack Death, the, black eye, nounblackout, nounbleed, verbbleeding, nounblind, verbblister, nounblister, verbblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood poisoning, nounbloodshot, adjectiveblood transfusion, nounbloody, adjectivebloody, verbblue baby, nounboil, nounbotulism, nounbrain damage, nounbreakdown, nounbronchitis, nounbruise, nounbruise, verbBSE, nounbubonic plague, nounbug, nounbulimia, nounbump, nounbunion, nounbuzz, verbcalloused, adjectivecallus, nouncancer, nouncandida, nouncanker, nouncarbuncle, nouncarcinogen, nouncarcinogenic, adjectivecarcinoma, nouncardiac, adjectivecardiovascular, adjectivecaries, nouncarpal tunnel syndrome, nouncarrier, nouncarry, verbcarsick, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncataract, nouncatarrh, nouncatatonic, adjectivecatching, adjectivecauliflower ear, nouncerebral palsy, nouncertify, verbcervical smear, nounchapped, adjectivecharley horse, nounchemotherapy, nounchesty, adjectivechicken pox, nounchilblains, nounChinese medicine, nouncholera, nounchronic, adjectivecirrhosis, nounCJD, nouncleanse, verbcleft palate, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclub foot, nouncold, nouncold sore, nouncolic, nouncolitis, nouncollapse, verbcolour-blind, adjectivecoma, nouncommon cold, nouncommon denominator, nouncommunicate, verbcomplaint, nouncomplicate, verbcomplication, nouncompound fracture, nounconcuss, verbconcussion, nouncondition, nouncongenital, adjectivecongested, adjectiveconjunctivitis, nounconstipation, nounconsumption, nounconsumptive, nouncontagion, nouncontagious, adjectivecontinent, adjectivecontract, verbcontusion, nounconvalesce, verbconvulsion, nouncorn, nouncortisone, nouncot death, nouncough, nounCPR, nouncrack-up, nouncramp, nounCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nouncrick, nouncrick, verbcripple, nouncripple, verbcross-eyed, adjectivecroup, nouncurable, adjectivecut, nouncyst, nouncystic fibrosis, nouncystitis, noundecompression sickness, noundeep vein thrombosis, noundeformity, noundegenerative, adjectivedehydrate, verbdelirious, adjectivedelirium, noundelusion, noundementia, noundengue fever, noundepression, noundermatitis, noundiabetes, noundiabetic, adjectivediabetic, noundiagnosis, noundialysis, noundiaper rash, noundiarrhoea, noundiphtheria, noundisability, noundisable, verbdisabled, adjectivedischarge, verbdisease, noundisgorge, verbdislocate, verbdisorder, noundissipated, adjectivedissipation, noundistemper, noundistend, verbdizzy, adjectivedoddering, adjectivedoddery, adjectivedonate, verbdonor, noundouble vision, noundoughy, adjectivedown, adverbDown's syndrome, noundrawn, adjectivedressing, noundrinker, noundrunk, adjectivedrunk, noundrunken, adjectivedull, adjectivedumb, adjectiveDVT, noundysentery, noundyslexia, noundyspepsia, noundyspeptic, adjectiveearache, nouneating disorder, nounEbola, nounectopic pregnancy, nouneczema, nounemaciated, adjectiveemasculate, verbembolism, nounemphysema, nounencephalitis, nounendoscope, nounenervate, verbenteritis, nounepidemic, nounepilepsy, nounepileptic, adjectiveepileptic, nounetiology, nounexcruciating, adjectiveexposure, nouneyeless, adjectiveeye strain, nounfail, verbfaint, nounfester, verbfever, nounfever blister, nounfevered, adjectivefeverish, adjectivefirst aid, nounfit, nounflat feet, nounflat-footed, adjectiveflu, nounfood poisoning, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounfracture, verbfracture, nounfrostbite, noungall, noungammy, adjectiveganglion, noungangrene, noungas, noungash, noungastric, adjectivegastritis, noungastroenteritis, nounGerman measles, nounget, verbgingivitis, nounglandular fever, nounglaucoma, noungnarled, adjectivegonorrhea, noungout, noungrand mal, noungraze, verbgraze, noungriping, adjectivegroggy, adjectivegrowing pains, noungrowth, noungush, verbgynaecology, nounhacking cough, nounhaemophilia, nounhaemophiliac, nounhaemorrhage, nounhaemorrhage, verbhaemorrhoids, nounhalitosis, nounhandicap, nounhandicapped, adjectivehangover, nounhard of hearing, adjectiveharelip, nounhay fever, nounheadache, nounhealth, nounheart attack, nounheartburn, nounheart disease, nounheart failure, nounheat exhaustion, nounheat rash, nounheatstroke, nounheave, verbhepatitis, nounhernia, nounherpes, nounHIV, nounhormone replacement therapy, nounhospital, nounhospitalize, verbhot flush, nounhousebound, adjectiveHRT, nounhump, nounhumpback, nounhunchback, nounhungover, adjectivehydrophobia, nounhypertension, nounhypothermia, nounhysterectomy, nounhysteria, nounhysterical, adjectiveillness, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nounimmunize, verbimmunology, nounimpacted, adjectiveimpediment, nounimpetigo, nounimpotent, adjectiveincision, nounincontinent, adjectiveincubate, verbincurable, adjectiveindigestion, nounindisposed, adjectiveindisposition, nouninfantile, adjectiveinfantile paralysis, nouninfect, verbinfected, adjectiveinfection, nouninfectious, adjectiveinfirmity, nouninflammation, nouninflammatory, adjectiveinfluenza, nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, nounpale, adjectivepallid, adjectivepallor, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpalsy, nounpandemic, nounparalyse, verbparalysed, adjectiveparalysis, nounparalytic, adjectiveparalytic, nounparanoia, nounparaplegia, nounparaplegic, nounparasitic, adjectiveParkinson's disease, nounparoxysm, nounpasty, adjectivepasty-faced, adjectivepathogen, nounpathological, adjectivepathology, nounpeaked, adjectivepeaky, adjectivepellagra, nounpeptic ulcer, nounperforated, adjectiveperiod pain, nounperitonitis, nounpernicious anaemia, nounpersecution complex, nounpestilence, nounpestilential, adjectivepetit mal, nounpharyngitis, nounphlebitis, nounphlegm, noun-phobic, suffixphysiotherapy, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepins and needles, nounplacebo, nounplague, nounplaque, nounplaster cast, nounpleurisy, nounPMS, nounPMT, nounpneumonia, nounpockmark, nounpockmarked, adjectivepoisoning, nounpolio, nounpolyp, nounpoor, adjectivepost-traumatic stress disorder, nounpremenstrual tension, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprickle, verbprickly heat, nounprognosis, nounprolapse, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprophylactic, nounprophylaxis, nounpsoriasis, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotic, adjectivepuffy, adjectivepull, verbpurulent, adjectivepus, nounpustule, nounqueasy, adjectiverabid, adjectiverabies, nounradiation sickness, nounradiography, nounrash, nounraw, adjectivereact, verbreaction, nounreceive, verbrecuperate, verbrecuperative, adjectiveregurgitate, verbrelapse, verbremission, nounrepetitive strain injury, nounresistance, nounrespond, verbretch, verbRhesus factor, nounrheumatic, adjectiverheumatic fever, nounrheumatism, nounrheumatoid arthritis, nounrickets, nounringworm, nounRSI, nounrubella, nounrun-down, adjectiverunny, adjectiverupture, nounsaddle-sore, adjectivesalmonella, nounscab, nounscabby, adjectivescabies, nounscald, verbscald, nounscaly, adjectivescar, nounscar, verbscarlet fever, nounschizophrenia, nounsciatica, nounsclerosis, nounscrape, verbscrape, nounscratch, nounscurvy, nounseasick, adjectiveseizure, nounself-examination, nounsenile, adjectivesenile dementia, nounsenseless, adjectivesepsis, nounseptic, adjectivesepticaemia, nounserum, nounset, verbsexually transmitted disease, nounshell shock, nounshell-shocked, adjectiveshingles, nounshock, nounshort-sighted, adjectivesickle-cell anaemia, nounsickly, adjectivesickness, nounside effect, nounsightless, adjectivesimple fracture, nounsleeping sickness, nounslipped disc, nounsmallpox, nounsnakebite, nounsnow blindness, nounsore, adjectivesore, nounspastic, adjectivespecial needs, nounspecimen, nounspina bifida, nounsprain, verbsputum, nounsquint, verbsquint, nounstammer, nounstarvation, nounstarve, verbSTD, nounstomachache, nounstone, nounstrain, nounstrain, verbstrangulated, adjectivestrep throat, nounstroke, nounsty, nounsuccumb, verbsufferer, nounsunstroke, nounsuperbug, nounsurgical, adjectiveswelling, nounswollen, adjectivesymptom, nounsymptomatic, adjectivesyndrome, nounsyphilis, nounTB, nountear, verbtetanus, nountherapeutic, adjectivetherapy, nounthrombosis, nounthrush, nountic, nountight, adjectivetingle, verbtinnitus, nountipsy, adjectivetonsillitis, nountoothache, nountorment, nountourniquet, nountoxaemia, nountoxic shock syndrome, nountraction, nountransfusion, nountrauma, nountravel sickness, nountreatment, nountremor, nountuberculosis, nountumour, nountunnel vision, nountwinge, nountwitch, nountyphoid, nountyphus, nounulcer, nounulcerate, verbultrasound, noununderweight, adjectiveundressed, adjectiveunhealthy, adjectiveuntreated, adjectivevaccinate, verbvaccine, nounvaricose veins, nounVD, nounvenereal disease, nounverruca, nounvertigo, nounviral, adjectivevirology, nounvirulent, adjectivevomit, verbvomit, nounwart, nounweak, adjectiveweal, nounweep, verbwheeze, verbwheeze, nounwheezy, adjectivewhiplash, nounwhooping cough, nounwind, nounwithered, adjectivewound, nounwrench, verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY children with severe learning disabilitiesCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
children with severe learning disabilities (=condition that makes it difficult for someone to use a part of their body properly)· From birth he has suffered from severe physical disabilities.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· However, a great many people with some degree of mental disability were not receiving any formal care or treatment.· Sam Bass, who specializes in investigating crimes against people with mental disabilities.· Experts said his injuries would mean permanent physical and mental disability.· Domiciliary services can help the handicapped and their families, especially when the mental disability is accompanied by physical handicap.· It can come much earlier and lead to physical and mental disability.· The majority of people who had benefited by the use of regulation 72 have suffered some kind of physical and/or mental disability.· Most Down's people have related physical handicaps in addition to their mental disability.· More severely handicapped people often suffer from physical as well as mental disabilities.
· Lack of mobility may mean that older people with disabilities have to incur the cost of private transport in order to get about.
· Many of the people we care for suffer from other crippling disabilities as well as their blindness.· The same thoughts had been going through the minds of two other women with disabilities.· Their handicap is like any other permanent disability, such as some one who is physically handicapped through the loss of a limb.· Wheelchair-bound and other people with disabilities then buy a handheld £20 transmitter.· Specially modified accommodation for students in wheelchairs or with other disabilities is available at Pollock Halls and elsewhere.
· Their handicap is like any other permanent disability, such as some one who is physically handicapped through the loss of a limb.· But I am going out on what could be permanent disability because of a foot injury.· She would have liked to pay him back for his earlier tone by pretending a permanent disability.· Who knows what permanent disability his little internal organs may be suffering because of our good intentions?
· The medical staff would like to know if you suffer from any physical disability or illness such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy.· Some pupils with physical disabilities may require the writing attainment targets to be modified.· Experts said his injuries would mean permanent physical and mental disability.· It can come much earlier and lead to physical and mental disability.· Services for people with physical disabilities Help people stay in their own homes through better availability of equipment and services.· Support relatives and friends who care for people with physical disabilities.· This gave a new urgency to discussions of the extent of poverty, sickness and physical disability.· Because of her physical disability, she needs twenty four hour care.
· I only receive a severe disability allowance and finding two lots of money for dentists care will be difficulty.· However, there is still considerable use among children with severe learning disabilities.· In conclusion, deficiencies have been found in monitoring adults with severe physical disability whose sole regular contacts are health professionals.· Develop more day and accommodation services for the extra needs of people with severe learning disabilities and multiple handicaps.· Its prime value is with those with severe learning disabilities where communication growth is likely to be limited.· From birth he has suffered from severe physical disabilities.· The survey estimated that 2.7 million people were in the top five categories, that is, suffering the most severe disabilities.· Mr D, 31, has a severe learning disability and other handicaps.
· Such terminology will undoubtedly continue to change as social constructions of disability evolve.· After two years of being on experimental drugs for her epilepsy, Harlan got on Medicare via Social Security disability.
· The Scheme originally began in 1982 when it was funded through City Planning as a training programme for young adults with disabilities.· One area which has proved very popular have been the walks and activities for children and young people with disabilities.· Disability - We're working with lots of groups involving young people with disabilities fighting for independence, integration and rights.
NOUN· Likewise, for those caring for an adult the scheme would have to be built on an adequate system of disability benefits.· Colonial Insurance paid Ferdinand $ 7, 000 in disability benefits.· To introduce a new disability benefit.· Social Security does not know how many Massachusetts recipients of disability benefits are still disabled.
· The way to avoid such problems is by arranging life assurance and disability insurance.· Khare pays Kelly a flat weekly fee for Baltzersen, avoiding disability insurance, benefits and payroll costs.· Royal Bank currently generates C $ 335 million in annual premiums from the sale of creditor life and disability insurance.· The remaining 1. 9 percent would continue to be paid into the federal disability insurance program.
· Employers, training agencies and the wider society require education on disability issues.· Kaufman said of the disability issue.· A number of the disabled professionals were actively involved in disability issues.· It was felt that such an approach would be a step towards addressing the marginalisation of disability issues.· Earlier I mentioned Stokely Carmichael; and here is the White liberalism of mental disability issues.· The Equal Opportunities Commission does not concern itself with disability issues.
· However, there is still considerable use among children with severe learning disabilities.· Develop more day and accommodation services for the extra needs of people with severe learning disabilities and multiple handicaps.· Its prime value is with those with severe learning disabilities where communication growth is likely to be limited.· Mr D, 31, has a severe learning disability and other handicaps.
· At the same time, Willingham teaches them how to apply for general relief, food stamps and disability payments.
VERB· A bank of information is also being set up by the Panel with a view to helping those with disabilities at the Bar.· Now, she helps people with disabilities make the transition from home to workplace by counseling them and their employers.· He wrote the books in 1985 to help people with physical disabilities enjoy electric keyboard music.
· There are clear associations between advancing years and increasing disability, and this is particularly steep among the most elderly.· The association between advancing years and increasing rates of disability is illustrated in Figure 7.· Inclusion of the institutional population appears to increase the overall disability prevalence rate by about 6 percent.· Victims slowly lose their sense of pain, develop lesions, and suffer increasing disability and disfigurement.
· It is a poor environment for learning correct approaches to disability.· It was found that learning disabilities occurred among work-inhibited stu-dents in virtually the same proportion as in the general population.· Casey is now in a residential school for children with emotional problems and / or learning disabilities.· Ensure that children and young people with learning disabilities have a smoother transition into adulthood and adult service networks.· No sign of a definite learning disability.· More than a million people in Britain have some degree of learning disability, with some 160,000 severely affected.· But most special education students have a variety of more subtle learning disabilities, some of them emotional.
· Piggy believed that he had overcome his disabilities and looked at himself in a very different way from the other boys.· The awards are in recognition of their everyday tasks to help others or for those who have overcome personal illness or disability.· The counsellor may therefore come across many older people who do not want to overcome their illnesses and disabilities.
· The medical staff would like to know if you suffer from any physical disability or illness such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy.· Suppose I suffered from a reading disability or, worse yet, was illiterate?· Many of the people we care for suffer from other crippling disabilities as well as their blindness.· Nearly 4 % of the babies born in Baia Mare so far this year suffer from serious disabilities.· It is the poverty suffered by pensioners with disabilities which forces them to change their behaviour.· More will suffer basic disabilities like not being able to walk or bath on their own.· Two hundred years ago, those people who drank substantial quantities of cider often suffered a strange disability dubbed the Devonshire colic.· One of the excluded categories related to members who suffered from diseases or disabilities.
WORD FAMILYnounability ≠ inabilitydisabilityadjectiveable ≠ unabledisabledverbenable ≠ disableadverbably
1[countable] a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for someone to use a part of their body properly, or to learn normallywith a disability Public places are becoming more accessible to people with disabilities.learning/physical/mental etc disability children with severe learning disabilities2[uncountable] when you have a physical or mental disability: learning to cope with disability3[uncountable] American English money that is given by the government to people who have physical disabilitieson disability Evans lives on disability because of an accident that left her paralyzed.