Synonyms of disabilities

disabilities

noun

plural of disability

as in injuries

a condition that interferes with someone's ability to engage in certain tasks

The group provides one-on-one mentorship to students with various disabilities.

The disability caused by the car crash prevented him from working.

Related Words

• injuries
• disablements
• damages
• impairments
• dysfunctions
• incapacities
• maladies
• harms
• needs
• hurts
• detriments
• incapabilities
• afflictions
• debilitations
• weaknesses
• deficiencies
• deficits
• failings
• shortcomings
• inadequacies
• handicaps
• shortfalls
• liabilities
• imperfections
• inabilities
• incapacitations
• insufficiencies
• faults
• disadvantages
• lacks
• drawbacks
• wants
• debits
• downsides
• minuses
• incommodities
• insufficiences
• negatives
• disbenefits
• strikes

Dissimilar Words

• abilities
• capabilities
• capacities
• faculties
• competencies
• competences

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disabilities

Celebrate Shop, an annual two-day shopping event, featured 35 entrepreneurs and business owners with disabilities. — Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

His itinerary includes a visit to a federal prison in Buenos Aires and a stop at a care center for people with intellectual and physical disabilities in Claypole which has been affected by the Milei cuts. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

Being Heumann highlights the intersectionality in activism, showing how people with different disabilities came together, and often clashed, in an effort to make the world a better place for all of them. — Barry Levitt, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

Baulwin, a former elementary school teacher appointed to the board in 2025, emphasized support for students with disabilities, community partnerships and expanding career education opportunities. — Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

That flashpoint will be on display when Leo visits the Don Orione care home in Claypole, south of Buenos Aires, a Catholic institution that houses more than 400 people with disabilities. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Twenty-two percent of entrepreneurs with disabilities use generative AI, compared with 10% of other entrepreneurs, per the same AEO fact sheet. — Devendra Goyal, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

The most vulnerable are children, people of color, people with disabilities, and the elderly. — Matt Jozwiak, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

Additionally, ethnic and Indigenous minorities, such as the Roma people in Europe and the Uyghur people in China, are targets of the practice, as are people with disabilities and transgender and intersex persons. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026