nondisabled

adjective non·dis·abled \ ˌnän-dis-ˈā-bəld , -diz-ˈā- \

Updated on: 1 Apr 2018

Definition of nondisabled

: not affected with a disability : not disabled

people with disabilities and their nondisabled peers

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These include companion homes, where a person with an intellectual disability moves in with a couple or a family, similar to a foster-care situation, and cluster housing, where clients live in apartment complexes along with nondisabled residents.

— josh kovner, courant.com, "Bill Would Encourage Housing Options For Group Home Clients," 23 Mar. 2018
Now, advocates worry that the Trump administration is poised to grant Indiana a long-term extension of the Healthy Indiana expansion — and add a requirement that nondisabled adults work or volunteer 20 hours a week.

— phil galewitz, Washington Post, "Indiana Medicaid Drops 25K From Coverage For Failing To Pay Premiums," 1 Feb. 2018
Here’s how the conservative Foundation for Government Accountability put it: The Medicaid expansion under Obamacare moved a new class of nondisabled, childless adults to the front of the line.

— ed kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "GOP Tinkering With Medicaid Could Tempt Red States to Expand Coverage," 29 Jan. 2018
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 41% of nondisabled adults on Medicaid do not have jobs.

— peter cove, WSJ, "Get Able-Bodied Americans off the Couch," 4 July 2017
And of that 2% representation rate, about 95% of those disabled characters are played by nondisabled actors.

— mickey rowe, Teen Vogue, "Netflix's "Atypical" Was a Major Disappointment for Autism Representation," 8 Aug. 2017
Here’s a look at how the performers navigate in ways their nondisabled peers never need to consider.

— erik piepenburg, New York Times, "For Disabled Actors, Memorizing the Part Is Only the Beginning," 10 July 2017

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