Definition of differently abled
: having a disability : disabled sense 1a The sports program and foundation offers a dozen different sporting events for differently abled athletes, plus instruction about modeling, acting and public speaking.— Lynnette Hintze —sometimes objected to as an awkward or condescending euphemism… the #saytheword campaign to urge both the media and everyday speakers to use the words disabled and disability rather than mealy-mouthed euphemisms such as differently abled …— Ellen Samuels
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The first known use of differently abled was in 1980
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