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• n  the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
  reading disability

• Should Ashley stay a child? Nancy Gibbs talks with disability rights advocates, who see a dangerous precedent in the efforts to keep her from growing up.
• Even as participants approach their 90s, the groups' disability and survival curves continue to diverge.
• Disability insurance usually covers only 50% to 70% of your income, and many plans don't pay disability benefits after age 65.

• disablement
• handicap
• impairment

News & Articles

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• Social Security: How to apply for disability, prescription drug benefits
  Q. How do I apply for Social Security disability benefits?
  June 13, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Wrongful disability pension payments found
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Rhode Island's treasurer says an audit of the state's disability pension system found that six public retirees received more than half a million dollars in wrongful disability
  June 12, 2013 - ABC 6 Providence
• College-Bound Advocate Finds a Voice Beyond His Disability
  Only after fully and publicly owning my disability have I been able to move past it and realize that I am so much more than just that boy whose walk was once confused with a drunk's.
  June 11, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• David Cameron in BBC News
  Mr Cameron added: "When we were first told the extent of Ivan's disability I thought that we would suffer having to care for him but at least he would benefit from our care. Now as I look back I see that it was all the other way round. It was only...
• David Paterson in FOXNews
  I had been, on occasion, accused of trying to hide my own disability,Paterson said.
• Lamar Smith in Forbes
  Several members of the committee have suggested that Congress should intervene to fix what has been described as a broken system of delivering disability benefits to former NFL players,a letter from Reps. John Conyers, D-Mich., and Lamar...