Named Groups

Persons with Disabilities

Persons with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Persons with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Disabled Persons
  • Handicapped
  • People with Disabilities
  • Disabilities, People with
  • Disabilities, Persons with
  • Disability, Persons with
  • Disabled Person
  • People with Disability
  • Person, Disabled
  • Persons with Disability
  • Persons, Disabled
  • Physically Challenged
  • Physically Disabled
  • Physically Handicapped
  • Disabled, Physically
  • Handicapped, Physically

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, rehabilitation, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; includes both physical and mental disability; emotionally disabled = MENTAL DISORDERS or specifics; /educ permitted but is probably EDUCATION, SPECIAL or MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION)

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History Note

98(63)

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  1. M01w.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Persons with Disabilities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006233. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006233
  2. Persons with Disabilities. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_with_disabilities
  3. Persons with Disabilities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10857933