disability

[ˌdɪsəˈbɪləti]

Definition:
1. The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.

Use 'disability' in a sentence:

1. With the help of her teacher, Helen Keller had the courage and determination to rise above her physical disability.
2. People with disabilities are now doing many things to enrich their lives.
3. His disability caused this thing to fail.
4. Other new products in the program have included a kind of full-body blow dryer and specially designed clothing that allows people with disabilities to dress and undress themselves.
5. His disability arose from an accident.
6. Other people find it difficult to go out because they have an illness or a disability.
7. The man born with disability became the champion of the Paralympics, which was very honourable.
8. The most common learning disability is dyslexia.
9. Some positions require students to be 15 to 24 or up to 29 for persons with a disability ．
10. 1 in 10 Canadians have a learning disability.
11. This "added-worker effect" could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times.
12. His disability prevents him from holding a job.
13. The study of social problems among Children with Learning Disabilities.
14. OBJECTIVE To study the factors on children with learning disability.
15. You must buy the credit life insurance before you can buy the disability insurance.
16. I had a learning disability from an early age.
17. Disability increases with age.
18. The incapacitated will need disability benefits.
19. It sends a message that says, "To us, your abilities are more important than your disability."
20. They didn't know much about my disability.
21. Her words taught me even more: perfection is impossible to achieve in everything; patches are unavoidable, so is human's life, which will appear in the form of wound, disability or disease.
22. People with disabilities have got a vote as well, you know.
23. I suggested providing free physical checks for pregnant women and building a national registration5 system for children with disabilities or disease.
24. At that time, blindness was a disability.
25. This is the similar case when the main melody can evoke6 a strong echo for us to clap our hands in admiration7 despiteour disability to understand the score of Mozart ’ s musical pieces.
26. I think it's the will that decides what you can and cannot do, and the disability doesn't matter!
27. Disability can make extra demands on financial resources.
28. The strategy recognises that people experiencing disability face significant barriers in achieving a full quality of life in areas such as attitude, education, employment and access to services.
29. Seeing this, the disciples asked, "Master, the tree in the forest survived due to its uselessness, while the goose lost its life because of its disability. So what kind of attitude shall we take toward this capricious world?"
30. Autism is both a disability and a difference.
31. "I may have a disability," he says, "but I don't let it hold me back from anything."
32. No disability is an excuse for not trying.
33. This public acknowledgment of Ted's disability pained my mother.
34. Too often, people with disabilities are left out of a social group because of their disability but not because of their inability.
35. They argue it's important to have students view athletes with disabilities, which could change attitudes in a relatively conservative society like Japan.
36. People should wake up to the fact that people with disabilities have got a vote as well.
37. Don't ignore a learning disability.
38. To be female is not a disability; it is just a particular way of being human.
39. More than one in eight people in their late 50s is now on some form of federal disability insurance program.
40. Older workers are more likely to have a disability of some sort, perhaps limiting the range of jobs that offer realistic choices.
41. Now I can assist my daughter financially with help from a disability grant.
42. The New Zealand Government has developed a New Zealand Disability Strategy and has embarked on a wide-ranging consultation process.
43. It can reveal information about protected characteristics like age, race, nationality, disability, gender, religion, etc., and that could bias a hiring decision.
44. She had the courage and determination to rise above her physical disability.
45. He qualifies for help on the grounds of disability.
46. For a child to be born with this disability indicates a defect in obstetric care.
47. She is a shining example of what people with disabilities can achieve.
48. We all fear disability or infirmity.
49. When Julie speaks of her disability, she talks in the same calm, level tones she uses to discuss her A level prospects.
50. Facilities for people with disabilities are still insufficient.
51. The industrial injuries scheme takes into account the actual disability and whether it handicaps a person in working.
52. Disability is a physical limitation on your life.
53. Isak's story is typical of a child who has a specific learning disability.
54. Disability can make extra demands on financial resources because the disabled need extra care.