noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ chronic , profound , serious , severe , significant
▪ mild ( esp. AmE )
▪
Many children with mild disabilities are integrated in general education.
▪ lifelong , long-term , permanent
▪
8 000 babies a year develop long-term disabilities resulting from this infection.
▪ cognitive , developmental , emotional ( AmE ), intellectual , mental , physical , psychiatric ( esp. AmE ), psychological ( esp. AmE )
▪
children who have severe developmental disabilities
▪ hearing , visual (both esp. AmE )
▪
lectures for students with hearing disabilities
▪ learning , reading ( AmE )
▪
Up to 20% have a learning ~.
▪ hidden
▪
those with a visible or a hidden ~
VERB + DISABILITY
▪ experience , have , suffer , suffer from
▪
patients who have suffered ~ after stroke
▪ cause
▪
No one knows what causes learning disabilities.
▪ cope with , live with
▪
people who are learning to live with ~
▪ diagnose , identify
▪
an attempt to identify learning ~ among children
▪ overcome
▪
She has overcome her ~ to become an artist.
▪ prevent
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The drug's utility in preventing long-term ~ is unproven.
DISABILITY + NOUN
▪ movement , organization
▪ discrimination
▪ rights
▪
an article on ~ rights
▪ activist ( esp. AmE )
▪
She was a vocal ~ activist.
▪ issues
▪
Staff members have been educated in ~ issues.
▪ allowance , benefit , check ( AmE ), claim ( esp. AmE ), compensation ( esp. AmE ), pay ( AmE ), payment , pension
▪
She saved the money from her monthly ~ payments.
▪ coverage ( AmE ), insurance ( esp. AmE )
▪ status ( esp. AmE )
▪
the criteria required for ~ status