disabled people

collocation in English

meaningsofdisabledandpeople

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disabled
adjective
uk
/dɪˈseɪ.bəld/us
/dɪˈseɪ.bəld/
having an illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult to do some things that other ...
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people
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈpiː.pəl/us
/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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(Definition ofdisabledandpeoplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Several of the reports showed how such systems would be invaluable fordisabledpeople.
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Fourth, the welfare home also provided some food delivery services to the local home-cared elderly ordisabledpeople, and charged for these services.
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This programme provided needydisabledpeoplewith extremely low social assistance benefits on the basis of stringent means testing.
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The scheme was introduced first for youngerdisabledpeople, but has subsequently been extended to those aged over 65.
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This, he believes, denies the lived experience of manydisabledpeople, and confined them to ' failures ' of the system.
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As institutions, states, and the nation struggle with these controversial topics, voices ofdisabledpeoplewill need to be heard.
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The book's essential message is that conventional politics has faileddisabledpeople.
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For example, programmes directed towards a particular category ofdisabledpeoplemay incorporate people in that category in their governance structure.
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It was this group that became the primary focus of policy debate, rather than the majority ofdisabledpeopleabove working age.
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These patients were, in the main, severelydisabledpeople.
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Deconstructing the ' social bath ' : help with bathing at home for older anddisabledpeople.
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While services fordisabledpeopleand for older people have developed in similar ways, the former have made much more progress.
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The aim is to produce one-off technical aids fordisabledpeople.
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Organizations run bydisabledpeoplethemselves, and hence embodying their needs, are suggested as the ideal location for this assessment.
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