Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
quebradinhos
English translation:
physically challenged
Portuguese term
Portugal
Quality & Accuracy at your service!
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese
quebradinhos
During an interview for a magazine a disabled person, Brazilian, says the following:
Também quero estar na [nome de estação de TV] com um programa que aborde inclusão e assuntos de "quebradinhos" com entretenimento.
As far as I know (please, correct me if I'm wrong) in Brazil *quebradinho* is a person with some sort of (physical) disability.
I'm looking for a term to convey that idea other than "people with disabilities" or "disabled people".
Many thanks for your help.
Maria
| 4 +1 | physically challenged, differently abled... |
airmailrpl
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| 4 | handicapped |
Ana Vozone
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| 4 | the impaired |
Richard Purdom
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| 4 | the challenged |
Douglas Bissell
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| 4 | cripples |
Nick Taylor
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Dec 26, 2015 14:25: airmailrpl changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/582456">Maria Castro's</a> old entry - "quebradinhos"" to ""physically challenged""
Sep 8, 2016 00:37: Matheus Chaud changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/21987">airmailrpl's</a> old entry - "quebradinhos"" to ""physically challenged...""
Proposed translations
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
physically challenged, differently abled...
disabled, incapacitated, disadvantaged, crippled; infirm, invalid;
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
handicapped
Mesmo assim, não percebo por que motivo a Maria não quer utilizar simplesmente "disabled" ou "people with disabilities"! Parece-me uma opção correctíssima ;)
Outra hipótese seria "people with different types of difficulties", mas é bastante vago, a meu ver.
| Cara Ana, de facto, disabled ou people with disabilities é o termo correto, mas gostaria de manter o registo mais leve e informal da entrevista, daí o meu pedido de ajuda. Por outro lado, torna-se difícil, porque como o Mário disse não é fácil encontrar um termo neutro, que não seja ofensivo ou politicamente incorreto. |
the impaired
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/media/20386/Ato-Z-of...
| Very interesting. Thanks for the link, Richard. |
Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
the challenged
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Discussion
Airmailrpl's suggestions are correct, in a sense, but would not be the ideal translation, for you would spoil the euphemism. You'll have to find a nice, moody word for it in English...
http://wp.clicrbs.com.br/sembarreiras/2010/02/09/viva-la-rev...
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http://portalamazonia.com/noticias-detalhe/variedades/boa-vi...
http://folhabv.com.br/noticia/Bloco-de-inclusao--Os-Quebradi...