handicapable

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Garbagemen become sanitation engineers, secretaries, administrative assistants, and the handicapped reborn as "handicapable."

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  • Garbagemen become sanitation engineers, secretaries, administrative assistants, and the handicapped reborn as "handicapable." —  CNN Transcript Mar 1, 2007
  • Look, calling somebody in a wheelchair handicapable doesn ` t all of a sudden give them the power to climb stairs or the ability to grab Ho-Hos off the top shelf. —  CNN Transcript Mar 1, 2007
  • I remember when political correctness, when I first noticed it, and it was the handicapable thing. —  CNN Transcript May 18, 2006
  • A tireless champion of "handicapable" children and adults, Jim was founding chairman of Ohio Special Olympics and for 21 years hosted Columbus 'annual Easter Seal Telethon. —  News for NBC4i.com
  • People who cannot pay electric bills, rent, Clothing for families and children, transportation for the handicapable. —  Pam's House Blend - Front Page
 

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