disability (redirected from Handicapable)

disability /dis·a·bil·i·ty/ (dis?ah-bil´it-e)

1. inability to function normally, physically or mentally; incapacity.

2. anything that causes disability.

3. as defined by the federal government: “inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to last or has lasted for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”

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developmental disability  a substantial handicap of indefinite duration, with onset before the age of 18 years, such as mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or other neuropathy.

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dis·a·bil·i·ty (ds-bl-t)

n.

A disadvantage or deficiency, especially a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement.

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disability,

n according to the World Health Organization (WHO) rehabilitation guidelines, impairment of an individual as it affects his or her role in life, such as an inability to work because of a health condition.

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disability,

n the inability to function in the normal or usual manner; examples of an outcome measure are days missing from work or lessened productivity.

disability,

denial of,
n a symptom in which patients deny the existence of a disease or disability. Denial by these patients is a nonrealistic attempt to maintain their predisease status. These patients regard ill health and disability as an imperfection, a weakness, and even a disgrace.

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disability

1. inability to function normally, physically or mentally; incapacity.

2. anything that causes disability.

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disability Occupational medicine An inability to work because of physical or mental impairment, which precludes performing expected roles or tasks Degree Partial–some types of labor can be performed; total–degree of impairment precludes any type of gainful employment; disability is affected by various factors, including age, education, economic and social environments Social medicine Handicap A limitation in a person's mental or physical ability to function in terms of work, learning or other socially required or relevant activities, to the extent that the person might be regarded as having a need for certain benefits, compensation, exemptions, special training because of said limitations Examples Impaired hearing, mobility, speech, vision, infection with TB, HIV, or etc, malignancy, past Hx of alcohol or drug abuse, mental illness. See Ambulatory disability, Americans with Disabilities Act, Handicap, Learning disability, Reading disability, Reversible ischemic neurologic, Political correctness, Serious emotional or behavioral disability/disorder, Temporary partial disability, Temporary total disability. Cf Impairment.