The phrase "a disabling effect on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that hinders or impairs the function or effectiveness of something else.
Example: "The new policy has a disabling effect on employee morale, leading to decreased productivity."
Alternatives: "an inhibiting effect on" or "a detrimental impact on".
They have had a disabling effect on communities.
"It's going to have a disabling effect on the markets and destroy confidence in the credit markets.
Some sufferers can develop social anxiety disorder as a result of their condition, which can have a disabling effect on their life.
And it is having a disabling effect on communities...
And it is having a disabling effect on communities.
Living in a polygamous marriage may also have a disabling effect on the individual.
Whitehouse, calling the ruling "a mischief-riddled legal monstrosity," argues that the resulting meteoric rise in corporate political spending has had a profoundly disabling effect on the democratic process, including when it comes to climate change legislation.
In systems biology diseases one would typically find multiple changes in the transcriptome or proteome of each patient, differing between individual patients but such that all have a very similar disabling effect on network function.
Even if referring to "post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome," this acknowledges clearly that Lyme disease has a lasting, life-altering and sometimes disabling effect on many patients--something denied absolutely by the IDSA and Auwaerter.
MS has pervasive and disabling effects on a person's life and that of their family [ 17, 37].
Psychological factors can influence treatment success and are known to be associated with anticipatory nausea and vomiting, a negative phenomenon that can have potentially disabling effects on patients undergoing successive chemotherapy cycles.
