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Discover LudwigThe word “mobility-impaired” is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to someone who has a physical disability that impedes their ability to move around, such as difficulty walking or using a wheelchair. For example, “The city is installing ramps to make the sidewalks more accessible to the mobility-impaired.”
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I have been mobility-impaired since birth, yet I have made several wilderness trips.
Mass transit in the city has never been designed for people like me who are mobility-impaired.
Meanwhile, downtown students taking part in the Edible Campus project grow vegetables that are used by a Meals on Wheels program that serves mobility-impaired residents in a low-income neighborhood.
Special mention goes to the tourism board of the Austrian Tirol, which has identified a gap in the market for comprehensively sensible tourism destinations for mobility-impaired travellers, and created an entire website highlighting its suitability as a location for all travellers.
The most mobility-impaired adults living in more walkable neighborhoods reported transport activity levels that were similar to less mobility-impaired adults living in less walkable neighborhoods.
Nonetheless, ICTs contribute at least to the social inclusion of mobility-impaired and -constrained people [24].
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If the disparate groups - such as deaf, blind, autistic, wheelchair users, mobility impaired and disfigured - do ever get together, it's usually to fight against issues including benefits cuts.
For example, in the categories 'Mobility: Impaired' and 'Self-Care Deficits' , it is commonly unclear for nurses which nursing diagnoses are represented in an actual patient situation in order to ensure best patient care.
Clinically identifiable risk factors such as impaired mobility, impaired mental status, special toileting needs, psychotropic medications, and a past history of falling have been consistently found to be relevant for predicting future falls [ 8, 10, 43].
However, despite extensive research on barriers to dental service-use [ 7, 12- 17] and oral hygiene-related behavior [ 18- 21] in which barriers have been associated with impaired mobility, impaired activities of daily living, low energy, depression, and lack of social support, it remains unclear how frailty in its many forms influences the oral care of older people.
Our offices and teaching areas are accessible to wheelchair users and the mobility impaired.
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