disability · Contextualize

Etymology

Circa 1570 disable + -ity.

derived from habilis — “easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”
derived from abile
derived from able
inherited from able
formed as disable — “dis- + able”
suffixed as disability — “disable + ity”

Definitions

1
A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or…
A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
- people with disabilities
- Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. The King himself intervened by a letter[…]Chatham yielded to such persuasion; though suffering from a universal tremor.
2
The state of having such a condition
The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
- While physical and sensory disability is usually identified by asking a subject what he or she can or cannot do (with or without assistance), cognitive disability is assessed with a test such as a mental status questionnaire (MSQ).
A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by…
A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needs.
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1. 4
  An inability.
  - Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted.
2. A lack of legal qualification to do something
  A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
3. 6
  Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.
  - I had to go on disability after the accident.
  - Did you get your disability this month?

The neighborhood

neighbordisable
neighbordisabled
neighbordisablism

Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disability. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at disability. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at disability

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.