Disorder vs. Disability — What's the Difference?

A lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion.

A disability is any medical condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or effectively interact with the world around them (socially or materially). These conditions, or impairments, may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors.

A breach of civic order or peace; a public disturbance.

A physical or mental condition that significantly limits a person's motor, sensory, or cognitive abilities.

A condition characterized by lack of normal functioning of physical or mental processes

The state of having such a condition

To throw into confusion or disarray.

A program that provides financial support to people with such conditions

To disturb the normal physical or mental health of; derange.

The economic assistance provided by such a program

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

(Law) Lack of legal capacity to perform some act, such as to enter into a contract, because of infancy or lack of soundness of mind.

A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

A physical or mental malfunction.

A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.

(transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.

(disability theory) An inability imposed on a person by society's failure to accommodate their physical or mental differences from others, as opposed to impairment.

(transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state

Neglect of order or system; irregularity.

State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult.

Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.

Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; sickness; derangement.

The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness;

To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.

To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach.

To depose from holy orders.

Condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning;

A condition in which things are not in their expected places;

A disturbance of the peace or of public order

Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;

Bring disorder to