disabled

(noun)

those who are disabled, regarded collectively or as a social group.

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Examples of disabled in the following topics:

  • Civil Rights of People with Disabilities

    • Disabled Americans face limited access to public places and institutions that civil rights legislation seeks to address.
    • Outfitting trains and buses with ramps in order to improve access to transportation for disabled persons is an example of a measure designed to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    • Disability is an umbrella term that includes impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions.
    • Disabled persons face unique social challenges that may limit their participation in civic life.
    • Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the disability rights act gained increasing visibility and a number of policy successes, including increased accessibility of public places and increased resources for people with developmental disabilities.
  • Learning Disabilities and Special Education

    • Special-education programs are designed to help children with disabilities obtain an education equivalent to their non-disabled peers.
    • Certain laws and policies are designed to help children with learning disabilities obtain an education equivalent to their non-disabled peers.
    • Two laws exist to help ensure that children with learning disabilities receive the same level of education as children without disabilities: IDEA and Section 504.
    • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides federal funding to states to be put toward the educational needs of children with disabilities.
    • Section 504 states that schools must ensure that a student with a disability is educated among peers without disabilities.
  • Intellectual Disabilities

    • Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome are examples of syndromic intellectual disabilities.
    • Among children, 30% to 50% of intellectual disabilities are of unknown cause.
    • Currently, there is no "cure" for an intellectual disability.
    • Although there is no specific medication for intellectual disability, many people with such disabilities do have further medical complications and so may be prescribed several medications.
    • Down syndrome is one of the more common genetic causes of intellectual disability.
  • Intellectual Disabilities

    • Disabilities can manifest themselves as limited language, impaired speech, or difficulty performing academically.
    • Mild: Approximately 85% of individuals with an intellectual disability fit into this category.
    • Moderate: About 10% of people with intellectual disabilities fit into this category.
    • Individuals living with intellectual disabilities face both personal and external challenges in life.
    • People with intellectual disabilities are often discriminated against and devalued by society.
  • Specific Learning Disorder

    • Dyslexia, sometimes called reading disorder, is the most common learning disability; of all students with specific learning disabilities, 70%–80% have deficits in reading.
    • The causes of learning disabilities are not well understood.
    • Learning disabilities often run in the family—children with learning disabilities are likely to have parents or other relatives with similar difficulties.
    • Learning disabilities can also be caused by head injuries, malnutrition, or toxic exposure (such as to heavy metals or pesticides).
    • Social support may also improve learning for students with learning disabilities.
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    • The ADA makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities in employment, public transportation, and communications.
    • The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities.
    • Among other arguments, supporters hypothesize that the Americans with Disabilities Act creates additional legal risks for employers who then quietly avoid hiring people with disabilities to avoid this risk.
    • Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 into law.
    • Analyze the effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on various parties involved
  • Institutionalized Children

    • Institutionalized children may develop institutional syndrome, which refers to deficits or disabilities in social and life skills.
    • In clinical and abnormal psychology, institutional syndrome refers to deficits or disabilities in social and life skills, which develop after a person has spent a long period living in mental hospitals, prisons, or other remote institutions.
    • Deinstitutionalization is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health service for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability.
  • Civil Rights of the Elderly

    • The elderly, or senior citizens, are vulnerable to civil rights abuses due to a propensity for sickness, disability, and poverty.
    • Because of a propensity for illness, disability, and lack of employment, the elderly are faced with unique civil rights challenges.
  • Using Impartial Language

    • Writers should write in a way that is free from gender and group stereotypes including race, age, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation.
    • Language that labels individuals by their disability and use of emotionally impartial expressions should be avoided.
  • Social Insurance

    • Social Security in the U.S. is primarily the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) federal insurance program.
    • Social Security provides monetary benefits to retirees, their spouses and surviving dependent children, and disabled workers .
    • Medicare is a national program that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older, younger people with disabilities, and people with certain chronic diseases.
    • It provides benefits to retirees, surviving family members, and disabled workers who have contributed to the Social Security Trust Fund through payroll taxes.
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