difference between handicap and disabled person?

Question

what is the difference between a handicap and a disabled person

Answer 1

same banana different skin

Answer 2

a handicap can be anything that hold a person back...

for instance if you have a name you really hate and have been teased mercifully about it you could say the name is a handicap...

a person with a disability has a an illness, disease, disorder, or injury that is either permanent or very long term...

mental illness, emotional disorders, multiple sclerosis, blindness, developmental delay, amputation etc are disabilities.

However a person can have a disability and not consider it a handicap. Many people in the deaf community do think of themselves as disabled or handicapped...

Professor Stephen Hawking would no doubt not consider his disability to be a handicap.

In increasing numbers people are beginning to see that disabilities are not necesarily handicaps and many are beginning to consider people with these conditions to be differently abled.

Answer 3

A handicapped person has an impediment that may reduce his or her ability to do certain things.

I'm handicapped, as are many other people, by poor vision. I need glasses to see.

But I am not disabled. If I were blind I'd be disabled. If I had lost a leg or could not do things at all that would be a disability.

The difference to a large extent is a matter of degree. Handicaps can range from speech impediments to partial paralysis. Disabilities are things which actually prevent normal life and activity.

But we all have our abilities and talents, including even severely disabled people. All of them and all of us deserve respect and love.

Answer 4

A disability may be directly or circumstantially linked to an inability or handicap


A handicap is an inability that leaves one at a comparative disadvantage. So conceived, a handicap is a special case of an inability. The connection between handicap and disability is much looser. We can be handicapped, even when we are not disabled.

Answer 5

"Disabled" and "handicapped" are not the same thing. A disability is a functional limitation or restriction of an individual's ability to perform an activity. A "handicap" is an environmental or attitudinal barrier that limits the opportunity for a person to participate fully. Negative attitudes or inaccessible entrances to buildings are examples of handicaps.

Answer 6

Disabled is more polite way of saying handicapped .
My son is disabled due to diabetes .
He cannot support himself on his lower limbs.
We prefer the term vertically challenged
He is moderately successful computer technician
Learnt while being vertically challenged

Answer 7

The proper term is mentally or physically challenged. Therefore a disabled person is someone who is mentally or physically challenged. Thanks for asking.

Answer 8

yes 1 is politically correct and the other is just barely politically correct.

glad to help.

Answer 9

THEY BOTH MEAN THE SAME.