Confusing English Words – disability / handicap / impairment

بسیاری از کلمات وجود دارند که معنی یکسانی دارند، اما در واقع تعاریف و کاربردهای مختلفی دارند. شما می خواهید درست صحبت کنید و از به کار بردن کلمات نادرست خودداری کنید، اما در مورد معنی دقیق و کاربرد هر کلمه کاملا مطمئن نیستید. بعضی از زبان آموزان حتی به دلیل تردیدهایشان از به کار بردن کلمات خودداری می کنند! هدف ما در این سری از پست ها روشن کردن رایج ترین کلمات گیج کننده در انگلیسی است.

disability / handicap / impairment

:The noun impairment means that some ability is not as strong as normal. People can be

hearing impaired visually impaired mentally impaired

.An impairment can also be temporary – your judgment and coordination become impaired when you drink too much alcohol, for example

Both disability and handicap refer to a problem that prevents someone from doing normal or typical activities. People who have such problems are sometimes described as disabled or handicapped people, although the best term is to say someone has a disability or, when talking about these people as a group, to say people with disabilities

When a building or other structure has special accommodations for people who use wheelchairs or who have other mobility difficulties, we often call these handi-capaccessible places