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ABLE-BODIED [14 records]

Record 1 2025-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Water Transport
DEF

A member of the deck crew who is able to perform all the duties of an experienced seaman [or seawoman].

Key term(s)
  • able-seaman
  • able-seawoman
  • able bodied seaman
  • able bodied seawoman

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
  • Disabled Sports
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • Sociology of Recreation
CONT

Wheelchair curling is played similarly as non-disabled curling using the same rocks and on the same ice, although the rocks are thrown from a stationary wheelchair and there is no sweeping.

OBS

abled-bodied curling: The use of the adjective "able-bodied" in the term "able-bodied curling" implies that all people with disabilities lack "able bodies" or the ability to use their bodies well and therefore should be avoided.

Key term(s)
  • non disabled curling
  • able bodied curling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des loisirs
CONT

Seuls les athlètes en fauteuil roulant participent aux compétitions de curling. [...] Les compétitions se déroulent selon les règles du curling traditionnel, à deux exceptions près : la pierre est lancée à l'aide d'un «bâton» et l'utilisation du balai, qui peut encore influencer la trajectoire de la pierre après le lancer, est interdite.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
  • Disabled Sports
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • Sociology of Recreation
CONT

The purpose of [the] study is to identify kinematic and muscular activation differences between single-leg skiers and non-disabled skiers.

OBS

abled-bodied skier: The use of the adjective "able-bodied" in the term "able-bodied skier" implies that all people with disabilities lack "able bodies" or the ability to use their bodies well and therefore should be avoided.

Key term(s)
  • non disabled skier
  • able bodied skier

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des loisirs

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Disabled Sports
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • Sociology of Recreation
CONT

... some parasports require an athlete with a disability to work with a non-disabled athlete – blind skiing, for example. [The athlete] is legally blind [and is] hoping to make the [paralympics, but] without a sighted guide to ski ahead of her and call directions, [the athlete] says it [cannot] happen.

OBS

abled-bodied athlete: The use of the adjective "able-bodied" in the term "able-bodied athlete" implies that all people with disabilities lack "able bodies" or the ability to use their bodies well and therefore should be avoided.

Key term(s)
  • non disabled athlete
  • able bodied athlete

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des loisirs

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Disabled Sports
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • Sociology of Recreation
OBS

abled-bodied sport: The use of the adjective "able-bodied" in the term "able-bodied sport" implies that all people with disabilities lack "able bodies" or the ability to use their bodies well and therefore should be avoided.

Key term(s)
  • non disabled sport
  • able bodied sport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des loisirs
CONT

[L'association] a nommé [un] directeur de programme de volleyball, lui déléguant la responsabilité de monter une équipe gagnante et d'intégrer le programme paralympique au sein d'un organisme de sport non-handicapé. Le recrutement d'athlètes ayant un handicap, déjà en cours au sein de la grande communauté de volleyball, a été le premier succès accompli dans le processus d'intégration.

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Disabled Sports
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • Sociology of Recreation
CONT

A promising non-disabled sprinter ... came to [para-sport] after being diagnosed with [multiple sclerosis], shortly after having a stroke.

OBS

able-bodied: The term "able-bodied" implies that all people with disabilities lack "able bodies" or the ability to use their bodies well and therefore should be avoided.

Key term(s)
  • non disabled
  • able bodied

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des loisirs

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2023-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 8 2020-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

Physically capable of working at a job ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Qui est en bonne santé, capable de travail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
DEF

Que se encuentra en buena salud, capaz para trabajar.

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Record 9 - external organization data 2018-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

In the downsized affirmative-action economy. Stephen is a white able-bodied male - a "wammie," in the words of Grant Brown, a lecturer in management at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. Once the stereotype of power and privilege, wammies now are trying to reconcile their personal career ambitions with society's larger goal of increasing representation of other groups at all levels of the work force. "It's certainly going to put the squeeze on us," said Stephen, 20.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Comparer a wasp, yuppie, yammie, etc.

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Within reason, disabled persons should appear in any visual representations of groups (graphics, TV, advertising) made up of men, women, young and old. ... Specifically, disabled persons should be shown, as the message or material indicates: ... along with able-bodied people in various employment roles (doctors, lawyers, government officials, business executives, journalists, teachers, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Dans la mesure du raisonnable, les personnes handicapées devraient être incluses dans toute représentation visuelle (illustrations, télévision, publicité) de groupes composés d'hommes, de femmes, de personnes âgées et de jeunes [...] Plus précisément, il faut représenter les personnes handicapées, selon ce qu'indique le message ou le document : [...] tout comme les personnes physiquement aptes, dans l'exercice de diverses professions (docteurs, avocats, agents du gouvernement, gens d'affaires, journalistes, enseignants, etc.).

OBS

Terme tiré du Manuel du Conseil du Trésor/communications.

Spanish

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Record 12 1989-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Dans le contexte de la Charte des droits et libertés.

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
OBS

mémoire sur la pauvreté.

Spanish

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Record 14 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Women

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des femmes

Spanish

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