Concept information
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health and social care
health care quality, access, and evaluation
health services research
disease, disability, health, and health behavior
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cancer and society
careers
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
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employment, staffing, and careers
careers
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
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sociology of work
careers
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
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sociology of work
careers
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
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applied developmental science
developmental processes
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
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industrial psychology
employment, staffing, and careers
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
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human resource management
human resource development
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
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resource development
human resource development
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
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resource development
human resource development
career development
the social context of careers - ethnicity, gender, and diversity
Preferred term
disability
Definition
- Disabilities are impairments to an individual's cognitive, developmental, emotional, mental, physical, or sensory functioning. Disabilities may be present from birth, or they may manifest at some later date. [Source: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia; Disability (Children)]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- accessibility (for disabled)
- adaptive technology
- adventitious impairments
- attention deficit disorders
- behavior disorders
- communication disorders
- congenital disorders
- congenital impairments
- developmental disabilities
- developmental disorders
- genetic disorders
- gynecological disorders
- hearing impairment
- injuries
- language impairments
- learning disabilities
- mild disabilities
- multiple disabilities
- normalization (disabilities)
- perceptual impairments
- physical disabilities
- residential care
- respite care
- sensory impairment
- severe disabilities
- severity of disability
- sleep disorders
- slight disabilities
- special health problems
- speech impairments
- vision disorders
- visual impairments
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/disability
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