nondisabled

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

|Updated on: 21 Jul 2018

Definition of nondisabled

: not affected with a disability : not disabled

people with disabilities and their nondisabled peers

Recent Examples of nondisabled from the Web

If the audience is larger than five people, then the audience certainly includes disabled and nondisabled people; whether Deaf or Hearing; neurodivergent or neurotypical; in chronic pain or, for the present, pain-free.

— constance grady, Vox, "Why Fahrenheit 451 still matters in the e-book era," 12 May 2018
Kentucky’s program would have required nondisabled adults each month to participate in 80 hours of work, job training, education or other volunteer service to remain covered.

— phil galewitz, Washington Post, "Judge Blocks Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirement," 29 June 2018
The 2010 Affordable Care Act spurred 33 states to expand Medicaid to nondisabled adults without children.

— phil galewitz, Washington Post, "5 Things To Know About Medicaid Work Requirements," 14 June 2018
About 9% were nondisabled childless adults ages 18 through 49; their average income was about 33% of the federal poverty level, or $334 per month.

— michael hiltzik, latimes.com, "With food stamp bill, GOP once again promotes work requirements that don't work," 18 Apr. 2018
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

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