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Drawing of a beggar using crutches. A cripple is a person or animal with a physical disability, particularly one who is unable to walk because of an injury or illness.The word was recorded as early as 950 AD, and derives from the Proto-Germanic krupilaz. [1]
Crip, slang for cripple, is a term in the process of being reclaimed by disabled people. [1] [2] Wright State University suggests that the current community definition of crip includes people who experience any form of disability, such as one or more impairments with physical, mental, learning, and sensory, [1] though the term primarily targets physical and mobility impairment.
The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities.
One of the strengths of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), perhaps second to its one billion users, is the amount of time people spend on the social network. That length of time has been lauded as one of ...
Hamstringing is a method of crippling a person or animal so that they cannot walk properly by severing the hamstring tendons in the thigh of the individual. It is used as a method of torture , or to incapacitate the victim.
That means they don’t have to think about training, career advancement or benefit provision.” This transformation is affecting the entire economy, but millennials are on its front lines. Where previous generations were able to amass years of solid experience and income in the old economy, many of us will spend our entire working lives ...
Diplegia is the most common cause of crippling in children, specifically in children with cerebral palsy. [2] Other causes may be due to injury of the spinal cord. There is no set course of progression for people with diplegia. Symptoms may get worse but the neurological part does not change.
The CFPB, which was created as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act in response to the housing bust and financial crisis, has long been a target for Republican critics, who’ve accused it of using ...