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disability

[dis-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌdɪs əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Yurien said her younger brother, who has a disability, spent months asking for their father, unable to understand why he was no longer at home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

A man in St. Louis was found to have fraudulently received $106,923 in disability benefits — but that was over a 20-year period, so that averaged barely $5,000 a year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

White said that she had to prove that Caleb had a learning disability "having been in special school since he was three with complex needs".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

And around “seven in 10 youth who claimed a disability benefit are still on it a decade later.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

What she didn’t know was that my problem in school was much more basic than a learning disability.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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