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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Handdicapped centre

What do we call the handicapped centre in British English?

(a) Handdicapped centre

(b) Disabled / Disability centre
  

Top answer

What exactly are you discribing? In modern, politically correct Britain we don't say handicapped we say disabled. There are disablility shops which sell disability aids.

  • What exactly are you discribing?
  • In modern, politically correct Britain we don't say handicapped we say disabled.
  • There are disablility shops which sell disability aids.
  • I think you might mean a day centre where they can go for the day and be catered for with other disabled people.
  • There are also nursing homes, care centres etc.
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What exactly are you discribing? In modern, politically correct Britain we don't say handicapped we say disabled. There are disablility shops which sell disability aids.

I think you might mean a day centre where they can go for the day and be catered for with other disabled people. There are also nursing homes, care centres etc. Depends on the person's need and disabilities.

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