Sentence examples for devastating disability from inspiring English sources

It proved to be a devastating disability.

The vaccination will save lives and prevent lifelong devastating disability.

Despite near universal agreement that there is some hereditary link, no genes have been identified and no prenatal test exists to warn prospective parents of this devastating disability.

ONLY one person in two million is born with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a rare genetic disorder in which bones grow uncontrollably to the point of causing devastating disability.

This disease is included among the top ten causes worldwide of long-term and devastating disability, with wide-ranging and long-lasting impact for people suffering from the illness, their families and society as a whole [ 2- 6].

"Agent orange", a mixture of chemicals including herbicides and dioxin, used by the US Army in the Vietnam war, not only caused devastating disabilities and birth defects in the Vietnamese population, it also affected the offspring of exposed US soldiers.

Children with congenital left hemisphere damage due to perinatal stroke are capable of acquiring relatively normal language functions despite experiencing a cortical insult that in adults often leads to devastating lifetime disabilities.

The number of working age men and women struck down by strokes has increased sharply since the turn of the century, leaving thousands of people devastated by disability and loss of income.

"The government is now cutting financial support for carers by £31m - meaning that thousands of families now face the devastating double blow of disability and carers' benefits.

The associated sensory and motor defects, as well as neuropathic pain syndromes, can lead to devastating life-long functional disability and socioeconomic burden [ 2].

Mr. Hunter's take on the various awkward ways that nondisabled people react when they encounter those with disabilities is devastating.