disability support
Help for impairments
Disability support refers to services, accommodations, or assistance provided to people with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities.
This includes personal care, mobility aids, educational accommodations, employment assistance, and financial benefits.
She works in disability support for the county.
The term often appears in institutional contexts: disability support services, disability support pension, disability support worker.
- wheelchair rampsSloped paths for mobility devices
- accessible parkingReserved spaces for disabled drivers
- mobility aidsEquipment supporting independent movement
- social security benefitsGovernment retirement income program
- housing assistancePrograms helping afford shelter
group home · mental health services · sensory room · job coaching · self-advocacy · universal design · peer mentoring · screen readers · adaptive technology · braille signage · physical therapy · speech therapy · closed captioning · sign language interpreter · ergonomic tools · independent living · personal care assistant · respite care
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, look after, compassionate care
- Charity Workvolunteer programs, clothing drive, clothing drives, toy drive, meal program
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
- disabilityADA, ableism, amputee, wheelchair, wheelchairs
- government servicesMedicare card, family assistance, housing assistance, rent assistance, rental assistance
- social assistancepublic aid, social services, welfare rights, family assistance, poverty relief
disability supportneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · exclusion · marginalization · discrimination · social exclusion
disability supportmedical treatment
Care for illness
acute care · clinical intervention · hospitalization · surgical intervention · rehabilitation
disability supportdisability discrimination
Prejudice targeting physical or mental conditions
ableism · inaccessibility · discrimination · institutionalization · segregation