disabilities

NOUN

disadvantage, restriction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ailment defect impairment infirmity injury

STRONG

affliction detriment disqualification drawback inability incapacity incompetency inexperience invalidity lack unfitness weakness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

health strength

STRONG

ability advantage benefit extra help

WEAK

fitness

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disabilities

As the outbreak grows, doctors say they are seeing more patients with rare outcomes of the disease—things like severe pneumonia and encephalitis, a form of brain swelling that can lead to disabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Another area of rising costs is students with disabilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

There are, of course, exemptions for people who are pregnant, have disabilities or are caring for young children.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Economist Luke Sibieta said asking schools to offer more vocational routes would be a "big change" on top of the significant reforms to support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The patients included those who suffered with epilepsy, mental illness, blindness, deafness, mental disabilities, and severe physical deformities.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti