blindness
/ˈbɫaɪndnəs/
noun
the condition or state of being completely or partially unable to see
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1He jokes about my deafness and I joke about his blindness.
2Some NTDs cause blindness as the result of awful eye infections.
3Magicians also prey on our change blindness, the psychological phenomenon in which we fail to notice changes in our environment.
4Sacks has a form of prosopagnosia, a neurological disorder that impairs a person’s ability to perceive or recognize faces, also known as face blindness.
5No, face blindness!
locked-in syndrome
/lˈɑːktɪn sˈɪndɹoʊm/
noun
a rare neurological condition in which a person is unable to move or speak, but retains full awareness and mental alertness

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deafness
/ˈdɛfnəs/
noun
the state or condition of being totally or partially unable to hear
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1He jokes about my deafness and I joke about his blindness.
2So, deafness is a spectrum.
3Again, deafness is a spectrum.
4They used their deafness to their advantage.
5In these avenues, deafness is our only barricade.
autism spectrum disorder
/ˈɔːtɪzəm spˈɛktɹəm dɪsˈoːɹdɚ/
noun
a complex developmental disorder stigmatized by persistent challenges with social communication and interaction or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior
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1The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder has also increased over the past few decades.
2You can see negative symptoms with social anxiety, autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disorders.
3Sometimes autism spectrum disorder can look very much like schizoid personality.
4Excessive synapses are observed in autism spectrum disorders, and epilepsy.
5Many children with autism spectrum disorders will present a wide spectrum of symptoms and behaviors.
disability
/ˌdɪsəˈbɪɫɪti/, /dɪsəˈbɪɫɪtiz/
noun
a physical or mental condition that prevents a person from using some part of their body completely or learning something easily
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1Insulting disabilities.
2Many people have invisible disabilities.
3None of whom had disabilities.
4Disability depends on perspective.
5Disability is rarely the problem.
amputation
/ˌæmpjəˈteɪʃən/
noun
surgical removal of a limb or a part of it
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1- Amputation is safer. -
2The treatment for this is amputation.
3Arm amputation causes a huge disability.
4One amputation costs us five bucks.
5One amputation costs us five bucks.
spina bifida
/spˈiːnə baɪfˈɪdə/
noun
a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis
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1I have a friend with Spina Bifida that has used one and really, really likes it.
2These types of tails usually form as a birth defect, a deformity of the spine called spina bifida.
3Alright the third type and finaly type is spina bifida occulta, and this is the most common and most mild form of spina bifida.
4- I was born with Spina Bifida.
5I would go with spina bifida because I know a lot of people with cerebral palsy, and I wanna say spina bifida to be more out there.
cerebral palsy
/sɚɹˈiːbɹəl pˈɔːlzi/
noun
a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth
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1Samuel because of his Cerebral Palsy, Connolly because he'd developed Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, and had lost his ability to speak.
2He had Cerebral Palsy, a disorder caused by damage to his brain before birth­. Doctors told Jong-rak and his wife that their son would not live long.
3My sister, LISA, was born with something like Cerebral Palsy.
4My sister lisa was born with something like Cerebral Palsy.
5If there was any disability I've been jealous of, it's Cerebral Palsy.
epilepsy
/ˈɛpəˌɫɛpsi/
noun
a central nervous system disorder that causes sudden, unprovoked, and recurrent seizures
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1So, epilepsy is another term for seizure disorder.
2"May cause epilepsy or seizures."
3It is epilepsy.
4So epilepsy patients sometimes need the electrical activity in their brain monitoring.
5His best friend Anna has epilepsy.
echolalia
/ˌɛkəlˈeɪliə/
noun
meaningless repetition or echoing of vocalizations made by another person, as a result of mental disorder
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1They could be repetitions of words that other people say, or sounds from nearby, known as echolalia.
2he didn't talk until he was like almost 5 he was just really do like echolalia like just repeat what other people say or if he wanted something he didn't care so he got frustrated then you might get frustrated I'm just trying to figure out
3Complex verbal tics can include echolalia, which is repeating the last word or phrase that they heard from others, palilalia, which is a repetition of a person’s own words or phrases, or coprolalia, which is saying inappropriate words or obscenities.
4I want to show you a clip from a piece called "Echolalia."
aphantasia
/ɐfɐntˈeɪʒə/
noun
a condition where an individual lacks the ability to visualize or mentally create images in their mind's eye
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1But aphantasia is more than just a different way of experiencing the world.
2Broadly-speaking, the scientific community first really learned about aphantasia after a man had what seemed like a small stroke and lost his ability to create visual imagery.
3As scientists studied these folks, they found that aphantasia falls on a spectrum.
4The researchers found that people with aphantasia also put more text on the drawings, and that they described storing the pictures as words and descriptions.
5But people with aphantasia don’t respond that way.
dyslexia
/dɪˈsɫɛksiə/
noun
a specific neurobiological disorder marked by difficulty reading and spelling in individuals with otherwise unaffected intelligence
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112 children had dyslexia, and 22 had typical reading skills.
2These people, these famous people, have all dyslexia.
3So persons with dyslexia have the exact same rights.
4My dyslexia is so bad today.
5What does dyslexia mean?
dwarfism
/ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/
noun
a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature
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1That isolation led to small versions of large animals, or insular dwarfism, and large versions of small animals, or insular gigantism, on islands around the Mediterranean.
2This phenomenon is known as insular dwarfism.
3tiny lizard might actually be the result of /double/ island dwarfism.
4Island dwarfism may have produced tiny lizards, but island gigantism is also a thing.
5So I have a metatropic dwarfism.
hard of hearing
/hˈɑːɹd ʌv hˈɪɹɪŋ/
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unable to hear properly
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1I learned a hard lesson today about the judgment and discrimination and retaliation against people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
2You're hard of hearing?
3I am hard of hearing.
4I am hard of hearing.
5I'm hard of hearing.
impairment
/ˌɪmˈpɛɹmənt/
noun
a state or condition in which a part of one's body or brain does not work properly
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1Studies also show a similar impairment of brain regions and gamblers to people with drug dependence.
2First, individuals have to show impairments in regulating their own behavior.
3No diffusion impairment as we say.
4In addition, its deficiency can create mild cognitive impairment.
5You have visual impairment.
learning disability
/lˈɜːnɪŋ dˌɪsɐbˈɪləɾi/
noun
a disorder that affects the ability to comprehend or process information, particularly when not associated with physical disability
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1We were seeing learning disabilities, issues around executive function, the processing of language.
2They also treat children with learning disabilities.
3I have a learning disability.
4On the far end of the spectrum are children with severe learning disabilities.
5Sometimes learning disabilities in children is not so obvious.
paraplegia
/ˌpɛɹəˈpɫidʒiə/
noun
a type of paralysis that affects the legs and the lower body as the result of spinal cord damage
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1Like what's the world rankings of paraplegia?
2But recent research shows that neurotechnology delivering electrical stimulation directly to the spinal cord may enable people with paraplegia to walk again.
3People with spinal cord injuries, like paraplegias, quadriplegias, will often develop a very, very sensitive area right above the level of their injury, wherever that is.
4Even people with disabilities, like paraplegia, can swim.
quadriplegia
/kwˌɑːdɹɪplˈiːdʒə/
noun
a condition in which someone is paralyzed from neck down
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1We're talking about broken bones, herniated discs, and even quadriplegia.
2Before, her quadriplegia seemed to be just a discussion starter for her message.
3Learning disabilities, not covered, quadriplegia, not covered.
4People with spinal cord injuries, like paraplegias, quadriplegias, will often develop a very, very sensitive area right above the level of their injury, wherever that is.
longsightedness
/lˈɑːŋsaɪɾᵻdnəs/
noun
the condition of being incapable of clearly seeing objects that are near to one

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