People can become disabled. They may even need to have an arm or leg removed.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

If smallpox occurred in your community, about 30 percent of the people that acquire the disease would die from it; the other 70 percent could be disabled or permanently disfigured as a result of the disease.

如果你周围有人得了天花的话,那么百分之三十的天花病人,会因此死亡,剩下的百分之七十会成为残疾或永久毁容,这都是天花造成的

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And,there were almost no community activities, resources or jobs for the mentally disabled.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

The government already insures Americans who are retired,poor, disabled or military veterans.

VOA: special.2009.09.12