Nondisabled

Also, the double prefix of "nondisabled" or "not disabled" inclusively centers disabled people in a way that "disabled and able" cannot. ❋ Kay Olson (2008)

Fueling the surging caseloads are nonelderly and nondisabled adults, who represent about 60% of enrollment growth, according to the United Hospital Fund. ❋ Jacob Gershman (2011)

"The district signaled early on that it wished to join with the parents to answer the question, 'How can we accommodate Christina's disability and meet her need for an appropriate education with her nondisabled peers?'" he said. ❋ Amy Dockser Marcus (2011)

"In 2006, at least one district in each of 46 states imposed long-term suspensions or expulsions on students with disabilities significantly more often than on nondisabled students." ❋ Peter Meyer (2011)

Robert Stack, president of Community Options Inc., a Princeton, N.J., nonprofit that tries to help disabled workers find jobs, says small-business owners tend to assume such individuals require more time off for doctors 'visits than nondisabled professionals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Justice Department said the likelihood of a nondisabled person hailing a cab within 10 minutes is 87%, compared with just 3% for a disabled person. ❋ Devlin Barrett (2011)

Would Jesse be separated from his nondisabled peers for his entire elementary school experience? ❋ Marianne Leone (2010)

The point for many people with disabilities, myself included, is that it is inappropriate for nondisabled people to decide what it is about our lives that is game for humor. ❋ Roger Sutton (2008)

Even if his arms and hands moved, even if his lungs were working better than ever and the business below the waist was approaching that of the nondisabled, he still had no sensation, was still subject to sepsis, would not walk—probably never would, or at least not for many years. ❋ Jeffery Deaver (2010)

It took me forever, it seems, to figure out how Jesse could go to school in a community of peers, both disabled and nondisabled, and learn alongside them. ❋ Marianne Leone (2010)

A series of studies has shown, for example, that those who suffer permanently paralyzing spinal cord injuries ultimately return to levels of happiness nearly equal to those of similarly aged nondisabled people. ❋ Tony Schwartz (2010)

I hope you manage to eke out many days of annoying the nondisabled. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2009)

It could knock over a nondisabled person who was carrying in groceries or something or smack into a dolly carrying expensive items. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2009)