temporarily able-bodied
temporarily able-bodied adjective: able-bodied, where this is viewed as a temporary state that could unexpectedly cease at any moment.
Adjective
temporarily able-bodied (not comparable)
- Able-bodied, where this is viewed as a temporary state that could unexpectedly cease at any moment.
- Temporarily able-bodied persons may unfavorably judge those who are disabled because of their misinformed perception of disability and the absence of any relationship with someone who is disabled.2013, David W. Anderson, Reaching Out and Bringing In: Ministry to and with Persons with Disabilities, pages 15-16
- One way out of the identity impasse which was adopted by some activists in the late 1980s was to employ the term 'temporarily able-bodied' (TAB) to refer to those people who do not identify as disabled. TAB is used with a certain subversive humour, to challenge the security of the 'able-bodied'...[2014, Deborah Marks, Disability: Controversial Debates and Psychosocial Perspectives, page 18
Questions about temporarily able-bodied
- What does temporarily able-bodied mean?
- Temporarily able-bodied means able-bodied, where this is viewed as a temporary state that could unexpectedly cease at any moment.
- What part of speech is temporarily able-bodied?
- Temporarily able-bodied is an adjective.
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