adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a disabled toiletBritish English (= one for disabled people)
▪ Is there a disabled toilet?
be registered (as) unemployed/disabled etcBritish English (= be on an official list of a particular group)
physically disabled
▪ The attack left her physically disabled.
severely disabled/injured
▪ An unnecessary operation left him severely disabled.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Will they be as disabled as current cohorts?
▪ The absolute number of adults classed as disabled increases continuously with age up to 79 years and then decreases slightly.
▪ This applies particularly to students on long-term medication and those registered as disabled persons.
▪ Above all, she wanted people not to think of her as disabled.
▪ Of the 23 health and caring professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people, eight had experienced difficulty.
mentally
▪ Critics say the policy puts mentally disabled people on to the streets and is part of the creeping privatisation of the health service.
▪ Since the 1959 Mental Health Act the services have increasingly extended their help to the mentally disabled, where this seems suitable.
▪ Sam is physically and mentally disabled and also blind.
▪ They're treated as if they're mentally disabled and are sometimes even drugged.
▪ Everything in its new gallery has been made carved painted by mentally disabled people.
▪ Physically and mentally disabled Beverley was deaf dumb and blind and weighed just four stone when she died.
▪ It's supposed to help the vulnerable, the elderly, frail, physically and mentally disabled.
physically
▪ Each centre will be designed to help even the most physically disabled or confused people move around and orient themselves easily.
▪ A further day is proposed on the subject of teaching the elderly and/or physically disabled.
▪ Design Detailed personal interview and physical assessment of physically disabled adults; personal or telephone interview with carers.
▪ It's a genetic condition which means she's been physically disabled from birth.
▪ They contain fewer households with cars, more mentally and physically disabled and more of those with limited educational qualifications.
▪ One employs 12 care assistants, whose services are provided free to physically disabled clients.
▪ Dementia prevalence is higher among those who are physically disabled.
severely
▪ About 70 percent of those elderly persons living with younger people are severely disabled.
▪ It's a challenge for the cast, some of whom are severely disabled.
▪ However, it is not just the severely disabled who can benefit from computers.
▪ She is severely disabled and he takes her everywhere.
▪ Fears that disabled drivers particularly the severely disabled will find it impossible to shop in the town were raised.
▪ Subjects 181 severely disabled adults and their carers.
▪ The state depends on these relationships for the support of the vast majority of severely disabled old people.
▪ The Independent Living Fund has proved a great success in giving severely disabled people an opportunity to live in the community.
■ NOUN
adults
▪ Subjects 181 severely disabled adults and their carers.
▪ Discussion Inadequacy of services for young physically disabled adults has been emphasised in several reports.
artist
▪ Accountability Many people are uncertain about accepting that disabled artists might also be accountable to a disabled constituency.
▪ If we are to move beyond this state of affairs, the cultural task for disabled artists and culture workers is threefold.
▪ Could insight about the music of one disabled artist have some particular relevance to other disabled musicians?
▪ Attending a weekly group for disabled artists, workshops revolve around dance, drama, art and music.
child
▪ That is something that special educators have, so far, lamentably failed to offer disabled children and their families.
▪ Annual trips and holidays are organised for disabled children, providing them with an opportunity to experience different environments.
▪ Three day courses are provided yearly for teachers with disabled children in their classes.
▪ She visited an alcohol and drug abuse centre, opened a £600,000 swimming pool for disabled children and toured a factory.
▪ The cash will be used to buy a computer which will be adapted for use by disabled children.
▪ You have a child who is disabled and for whom you receive the disabled child premium.
▪ Get involved with deprived or disabled children.
▪ Ron wants to raise money for disabled children, whom he has worked with for many years.
driver
▪ The reason is that the opportunities for disabled drivers to test specially-adapted vehicles are limited.
▪ This is asked as an avid fan of Landies and being a disabled driver.
▪ It's a serious concern for women, the elderly and disabled drivers.
▪ New rules: Rules change on Monday for disabled drivers using orange badge parking discs.
▪ Fears that disabled drivers particularly the severely disabled will find it impossible to shop in the town were raised.
▪ And it's the disabled driver who's expected to guide the pony and carriage through a tortuous maze of obstacles.
▪ Councillors agreed with the recommendation by Darlington Borough Council not to have special exemptions for disabled drivers.
group
▪ These data show that this is indeed a very disabled group of people.
▪ The measures were introduced following consultation with the public and disabled groups and will be monitored during an 18 month pilot scheme.
▪ Officialdom, rightly, puts itself out finding representatives for and of women, ethnic minorities and disabled groups.
▪ The disabled group have been told it could be ten years before a bridge with ramps is installed at Leominster.
▪ Yet when pedestrianisation was first announced the city's shopkeepers, taxi drivers and disabled groups kicked up a fuss.
man
▪ Howson started production in a former collar factory off the Old Kent Road with a workforce of five disabled men.
▪ Car joy: Prince Charles presented a £54,000 hi-tech van to disabled man who then took him for a spin.
▪ Ron Preddy, a registered disabled man who gradually developed the confidence to speak out.
people
▪ As homeowners, disabled people are more likely than other households to experience poor housing conditions.
▪ Access to housing Most housing departments failed to integrate disabled people into their allocation policies.
▪ Many of the disabled people who use the centre cook their own meals in the kitchen.
▪ Existing employment law in turn has failed to protect the employment expectations of disabled people.
▪ No legal framework prevails to enable disabled people to counteract discrimination, unfair employment practices, problems of access, etc.
▪ The issue of disability culture was highlighted, with the role of disabled people viewed as being isolated away from wider society.
▪ The charity that provides the opportunities and facilities for disabled people to take part in sport.
▪ The Independent Living Fund has proved a great success in giving severely disabled people an opportunity to live in the community.
person
▪ When a disabled person applied for housing they would generally be referred for medical assessment.
▪ It can cost £2,000-£3,000 to kit out a disabled person with all the equipment needed to communicate.
▪ Similarly, disabled persons needed to be enabled by appropriate technology.
▪ However, the disabled person has to secure the job first.
▪ This applies particularly to students on long-term medication and those registered as disabled persons.
▪ The Bill sought to prohibit employment discrimination against qualified disabled persons on the ground of their disability.
▪ As mentioned earlier, social services departments can and do make adaptations to premises to make life easier for the disabled person.
student
▪ Taylor Rouse is a very small hostel for disabled students.
▪ His brief was to design an item of cutlery with and not for a disabled student.
▪ I am thinking in particular of disabled students and students with children.
▪ For example, disabled students can be timetabled into ground floor rooms.
▪ It is recognised that one of the areas where immediate progress can be made is in assisting disabled students.
▪ The premises have been designed with the disabled student in mind.
▪ Disabled students Finally, disabled students also face particular problems.
▪ Special arrangements can be made for disabled students.
visitor
▪ In designing it, special consideration has been given to the needs of the disabled visitor.
▪ The boats can be viewed from the Quay but disabled visitors may find difficulty boarding them.
▪ There is good access for disabled visitors.
▪ We welcome disabled visitors to whom we offer excellent purpose-built accommodation with parking adjacent to all rooms.
woman
▪ Recently Darlington's centre organiser, Barbara Murchie, travelled to London to escort a disabled woman to her new home.
worker
▪ Will he acknowledge that Government Departments have not even come near their own target of 3 percent. disabled workers?
▪ The comparative method discloses a number of key issues which any legislation guaranteeing equal employment rights for disabled workers must address.
▪ Read in studio Scores of disabled workers are to lose their jobs after a council decided to stop subsidising their workshops.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ David goes to a special school for disabled children.
▪ Her son is disabled and she has to take care of him all the time.
▪ The governor has guaranteed health care for pregnant women, preschool children, and the disabled.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ About 70 percent of those elderly persons living with younger people are severely disabled.
▪ But no-one was in doubt that the real winner was disabled sport.
▪ It's a challenge for the cast, some of whom are severely disabled.
▪ Nowadays he teaches them the cowardly art of aggressive selling to the elderly and disabled.
▪ The reason is that the opportunities for disabled drivers to test specially-adapted vehicles are limited.
▪ There are many problems still to be overcome in providing for the disabled.
▪ There was insufficient recognition that some of the voluntary organisations who helped with the plans do not adequately consult disabled people.
▪ We will encourage the young to become involved and will facilitate access for the disabled.