The term "disability", as it is applied to humans, refers to any condition that impedes the completion of daily tasks using traditional methods.

magazine: Nowadays in the “west” the able bodied are constantly reminded that disabled people have rights just like everyone else and they mustn’t discriminate against them in any way. Read article

word games: Match the names of disabilities to their definitions. Play game (1) and game (2)

poem: The Blind Boy. In this short poem, Poet Laureate Colley Cibber describes the feelings of a boy who has never been able to see. Read poem

cartoon: "Grandma? Is that a wheelchair?" See cartoon

poll: "Do you think enough is done in your country to help disabled people?" See results

trivia: Record: Longest wheelchair confinement: By 1998, Gladys Filman of Ontario, Canada, had been confined to a wheelchair for 76 years, after being paralyzed by polio in 1922. See more disability trivia

science: cubed. Vision mitt: A glove-based navigation aid for blind and visually impaired people wins awards for a team of Cambridge students. Read story

links: Wikipedia: disability See more links

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