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Collocations for disability - noun

ADJECTIVE

chronic, profound, serious, severe, significant
mild (esp. AmE)
Many children with mild disabilities are integrated in general education.
lifelong, long-term, permanent
8 000 babies a year develop long-term disabilities resulting from this infection.
cognitive, developmental, emotional (AmE), intellectual, mental, physical, psychiatric (esp. AmE), psychological (esp. AmE)
children who have severe developmental disabilities
hearing, visual (both esp. AmE)
lectures for students with hearing disabilities
learning, reading (AmE)
Up to 20% have a learning disability.
hidden
those with a visible or a hidden disability

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VERB + disability

experience, have, suffer, suffer from
patients who have suffered disability after stroke
cause
No one knows what causes learning disabilities.
cope with, live with
people who are learning to live with disability
diagnose, identify
an attempt to identify learning disability among children
overcome
She has overcome her disability to become an artist.
prevent
The drug's utility in preventing long-term disability is unproven.

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disability + NOUN

movement, organization
discrimination
rights
an article on disability rights
activist (esp. AmE)
She was a vocal disability activist.
issues
Staff members have been educated in disability issues.
allowance, benefit, check (AmE), claim (esp. AmE), compensation (esp. AmE), pay (AmE), payment, pension
She saved the money from her monthly disability payments.
coverage (AmE), insurance (esp. AmE)
status (esp. AmE)
the criteria required for disability status

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