I think you are confusing the word 'disability' with 'impairment'.
Keith
PS
I have found other examples of the correct use of 'disabled' going back to the 16th century.
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:28:05 -0800 , Shelley Lynn Tremain <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I think (not surprisingly) that you are both wrong.
>
>The term "disability rights" uses the term "disability" in the way that
>proponents of the social model identify as an aspect of the medical model:
>namely, disability as a property of a person. The term "disability rights"
>is intended to mean that even people who have a disability deserve rights
>(economic, human, social, etc.) equal to those who don't have a disability.
>Similarly, "women's rights" means that people who are women are deserving of
>the same rights that people who are not women have.
>
>This use of the term "disability" is inconsistent with the way that the
>social model defines "disability".
>
>Shelley Lynn Tremain
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