physical impairment
Reduced bodily function
Physical impairment is a condition that limits the body's movement, sensation, or function.
The term covers a wide range: paralysis, amputation, chronic pain, sensory loss, or reduced motor control.
In legal and medical contexts, physical impairment often determines eligibility for accommodations or disability benefits.
The building was retrofitted for employees with physical impairments.
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- sensory lossImpaired ability to perceive
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- prosthetic limbManufactured replacement for lost appendage
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
paralysis · neurological conditions · hearing aid · genetic disorders · guide dog · adaptive equipment · joint stiffness · spasticity · muscular dystrophy · self-advocacy · chronic pain · occupational therapy · physiotherapy · daily living · limb amputation · nerve damage · autoimmune diseases · crutches
- Disability StoriesHelen Keller, Stephen Hawking, Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, Frida Kahlo
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
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Body's functional condition
able-bodiedness · physical fitness · bodily integrity · robust health · robustness
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Reduced intellectual functioning
cognitive impairment · mental illness · psychiatric disorder · intellectual disability · learning disability
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