The phrase "acquired disabilities" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to disabilities that a person has developed or obtained after birth, rather than being born with them.
Example: "After the accident, he faced numerous challenges due to his acquired disabilities."
Alternatives: "developed disabilities" or "postnatal disabilities".
Fortunately, the tears soon stopped and I realised that self-pity was more disabling than any of my other newly acquired disabilities.
One explanation for this is the greater representation of persons with a higher risk for work disability (i.e. lower education, female gender, non-natives and occupationally disabled, i.e. people with developmental or acquired disabilities resulting in occupational impairments) [ 20- 23].
Many people with both congenital and acquired disabilities have said that they don't want cures but do want societal change, but that hardly warrants the charge that Christopher Reeve wasn't speaking from his experience of disability when he argued that what he wanted was "cure" and not social change (Johnson, 2003; Shakespeare, 2006).
Adjusting to a new career can create challenges for veterans, especially the significant number -- nearly one third -- who have newly acquired disabilities.
I've learned that others who have acquired disabilities can struggle with the adjustment and adaptation that goes along with going from walking to a life on wheels or on crutches.
There were many thousands of casualties and increased acquired disabilities.
Stroke is the leading cause of acquired disability in adulthood.
An acquired disability also affects family members and friends, who are often suddenly cast as carers.
Cervical disc herniation and cervical spondylosis are common causes of acquired disability in patients over 50 years [1].
Stroke constitutes a major cause of acquired disability in adults and the second most frequent cause of mortality in developed nations [2].
There is a need for additional information on non-fatal pediatric pedestrian injuries and the role of traumatic brain injury (TBI), a leading cause of acquired disability.
