2.5.4 Disabled

Use this domain for general words for being disabled--to be injured or born with a condition, so that some part of your body does not work.

OMC Codes: 
732 Disabilities
Handicapped
734 Invalidism
  • What words refer to being disabled?
    be disabled, have special needs, be crippled, be lame, be paralyzed, have a withered arm
  • What words refer to disabling someone?
    disable, handicap (v), cripple, paralyze, maim, mutilate, disfigure,
  • What words refer to the condition of being disabled?
    disability, handicap (n), disfigurement, mutilation, paralysis, palsy,
  • What words refer to a disabled person?
    the disabled, people with disabilities, the handicapped, cripple (n), lame (n), paraplegic (legs only), quadriplegic (all four limbs), paralytic,
  • What words describe someone who has been disabled?
    disabled, handicapped, crippled, paralyzed, partially paralyzed, totally paralyzed, maimed, disfigured, mutilated, lame,
  • What things are used by a crippled person?
    crutch, cane, wheelchair, walker, stretcher, pallet,
  • 2.5.4.1 Blind

    Use this domain for words related to being blind.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    24A See
  • What words describe someone who is blind?
    blind, sightless, can't see, totally blind, visually handicapped, visually-impaired,
  • What words refer to becoming blind?
    lose your sight, go blind, struck blind,
  • What words refer to making someone blind?
    blind (v),
  • What words refer to a blind person?
    blind person, blind man, the blind,
  • What words refer to the condition of being blind?
    blindness,
  • What things are used by a blind person?
    cane, dark glasses, seeing-eye dog, Braille
  • 2.5.4.2 Poor eyesight

    Use this domain for words related to having poor eyesight.

  • What words describe someone who cannot see well?
    near-sighted, far-sighted, as blind as a bat, partially blind, have poor eyesight, astigmatism, color-blind, cross-eyed,
  • What words refer to a disease that causes poor eyesight?
    cataracts, glaucoma,
  • What words refer to glasses?
    glasses, eyeglasses, corrective lenses, contact lens, bifocals, spectacles, specs, monocle,
  • What words refer to wearing glasses?
    wear glasses,
  • What words refer to a doctor who makes glasses?
    optometrist, optician, eye doctor,
  • What words refer to the making of glasses?
    eye exam, prescription, frames, lens
  • 2.5.4.3 Deaf

    Use this domain for words related to being deaf.

  • What words describe someone who is deaf?
    deaf,
  • What words describe someone who is partially deaf?
    be hard of hearing, hearing impaired
  • What words describe someone who is totally deaf?
    be stone deaf, be as deaf as a post, totally deaf, profoundly deaf,
  • What words refer to a deaf person?
    deaf man, the deaf,
  • What words refer to becoming deaf?
    go deaf, become deaf, lose your hearing, deafen,
  • What words refer to the condition of being deaf?
    deafness,
  • What things are used by a deaf person?
    hearing aid, ear trumpet,
  • What words refer to a deaf person talking using their hands?
    sign language, sign (v),
  • What words refer to a deaf person understanding someone by watching their mouth?
    lip-read, lip-reading,
  • 2.5.4.4 Mute

    Use this domain for words related to being mute--unable to speak (usually because of being unable to hear).

  • What words refer to the condition of being mute?
    be dumb, mute, unable to speak
  • What words refer to a person who cannot speak?
    mute, dumb person
  • What things are used by the person who cannot speak?
    sign language, gestures, writing
  • 2.5.4.5 Birth defect

    Use this domain for words related to having a birth defect.

    OMC Codes: 
    143 Genetics
  • What words refer to something that is wrong with a baby?
    birth defect, genetic defect, congenital abnormality, deformity,
  • What words describe a deformed baby?
    deformed, abnormal, misshapen,
  • What words refer to a deformed baby?
    freak,
  • What kinds of abnormalities are there?
    albino, bowlegged, flatfooted, humpbacked, withered arm, shrunken arm, harelip, cleft palate, cerebral palsy, Downs syndrome, club-footed,
  • What words refer to giving birth to a deformed baby?
    (no words in English)