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In the medical model of disability, using a wheelchair for paraplegia is a disability conceived as a medical condition, but in the social model of disability, the paraplegia itself is the impairment, the mobility barriers are an instance of inaccessibility, and whether or not the person has a disability might depend on whose terminology is being used. Similarly, by this measure, not everyone with autism has a disability.
Etymology
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Circa 1570 disable + -ity.
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/
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Noun
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disability (countable and uncountable, plural disabilities)
(countable, medical model of disability) A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability. Synonym:(dated)handicappeople with disabilities
1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. The King himself intervened by a letter[…]Chatham yielded to such persuasion; though suffering from a universal tremor.
(uncountable) The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled. Synonyms:disabledness, (in certain contexts)incapacityAntonyms:ability, able-bodiedness
1992, Joan C. Cornoni-Huntley et al., “Epidemiology of disability in the oldest old”, in The Oldest Old, page 278:While physical and sensory disability is usually identified by asking a subject what he or she can or cannot do (with or without assistance), cognitive disability is assessed with a test such as a mental status questionnaire (MSQ).
(countable, social model of disability) A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needs. Synonym:handicap(dated)Coordinate terms:inaccessibility; impairment
(countable, obsolete) An inability. Synonym:impotence
1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:[…], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons][…], →OCLC:Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted.
(countable, law) A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency. Synonym:disqualificationAntonyms:capacity, competency, qualification
(uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state. Synonym:disability benefitsI had to go on disability after the accident.Did you get your disability this month?
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