Handicap
Handicap is a disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfilment of a role - depending on age, sex, and social or cultural factors - for that individual.
Thus it may be described as the social consequences of impairments and or disabilities.
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