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Disabilities
Search for Disabilities in the CIRRIE database
Thesaurus entry
Scope note: Physical or mental impairments that are congenital or acquired by accident, injury, or disease; primarily used for documents that cover many disabilities or disability as a general subject; use more specific disabilities listed below under narrower term when appropriate
Narrower terms
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- Autism
- Blind
- Blindness
- Brain injuries
- Cerebral palsy
- Congenital disorders
- Deaf
- Deaf blind
- Developmental disabilities
- Epilepsy
- Hearing impairments
- Intellectual disabilities
- Learning disabilities
- Multiple disabilities
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Occupational injuries
- Physical disabilities
- Psychiatric disabilities
- Rare disorders
- Severe disabilities
- Speech impairments
- Spinal cord injuries
- Stroke
- Visual impairments
Related terms
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Use for
Use this term in a search instead of the following:
- Hidden disabilities
- Impairments
- Invisible disabilities
Database Information
Prolific authors
The following are the authors with the most articles on Disabilities in the CIRRIE database in the past five years (2008-2013).
- Grill E: 18 articles
- Cieza A: 13 articles
- Muller M: 13 articles
- Strobl R: 12 articles
- Kirchberger I: 9 articles
Top journals
The following are the journals that have published the most articles about Disabilities in the CIRRIE database in the past five years (2008-2013).
- Disability and Rehabilitation: 50 articles
- Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine: 19 articles
- Clinical Rehabilitation: 13 articles
- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: 10 articles
- Research in Developmental Disabilities: 8 articles