/ ˈhændikæpt; NAmE / adjective (becoming old-fashioned , sometimes offensive )
1.
suffering from a mental or physical handicap
SYN disabled :
a visually handicapped child
The accident left him physically handicapped.
—see also mentally handicapped
2.
the handicapped noun [ pl. ] people who are handicapped :
a school for the physically handicapped
➡ note at disabled