temporarily able-bodied

adjective

Able-bodied, where this is viewed as a temporary state that could unexpectedly cease at any moment.

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Meanings

adjectivetemporarily able-bodied (not comparable)
  1. not comparabledisability studiesAble-bodied, where this is viewed as a temporary state that could unexpectedly cease at any moment.

    Temporarily able-bodied persons may unfavorably judge those who are disabled because of their misinformed perception of disability and the absence of any relationship with someone who is disabled.

    2013, David W. Anderson, Reaching Out and Bringing In: Ministry to and with Persons with Disabilities, pages 15-16
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    One way out of the identity impasse which was adopted by some activists in the late 1980s was to employ the term 'temporarily able-bodied' (TAB) to refer to those people who do not identify as disabled. TAB is used with a certain subversive humour, to challenge the security of the 'able-bodied' position.

    [2014, Deborah Marks, Disability: Controversial Debates and Psychosocial Perspectives, page 18
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APA

temporarily able-bodied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporarily%20able-bodied

MLA

“temporarily able-bodied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporarily%20able-bodied. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “temporarily able-bodied,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporarily%20able-bodied.

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