Disability and Strength

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Disability noun - The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.

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Strength is an antonym for disability in disadvantage topic.

Nearby Words: disabled, disablement

Strength noun - The ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task.

Usage example: the murdered man's wife didn't have the emotional strength to face reporters

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Disability is an antonym for strength.

emotional	emotional disability	emotional strength
physical	physical disability	physical strength
original	original disability	original strength
actual	actual disability	actual strength
Other adjectives: real, massive, great, huge, main, new, mental, temporary, magical, newfound.

Of course, in this case the 'disability' was being (mostly) dead, and Westley did actually lack the strength to fight.

Source: Throwing Off the Disability
And given that Riki has a very complicated arc relating to him realising his strength that only rarely brings up his disability, he's definitely not portrayed as uniformly helpless.

Source: Disabled Means Helpless
Disability Superpower: Bobby's anger issues transfer to super strength, speed, awareness, and the ability to hunt down a ballcarrier like a heat-seeking missile.

Source: Film / The Waterboy

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