disabled, differently-abled, serenely unaware,eloquent testimony, on duty

Back from a summer developing technology for the blind, deaf and differently-abled in India, Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering students reflect on their work abroad.

Anna Merz, Guardian for Black Rhinos, Dies at 81

By DOUGLAS MARTIN 6:18 PM ET

Ms. Merz went to Kenya seeking a serene retirement but became so appalled by the slaughter of black rhinoceroses that she helped start a reserve to protect them.

No Lifeguard on Duty

By LEANNE SHAPTON

Pools are not serene oases, but petri dishes teeming with mild savagery.

After the Lehman Storm, a Calmer Life and a New Book Jared Dillian calls the Lehman bankruptcy a "gift" that forced him out of a depressed, alcohol-soaked existence into a more serene kind of life.


Ellen seemd serenely unaware that she herself was eloquent testimony of the disabled could do.
Ellen 完全不自覺她本身就是說明殘障者能做許多事的有力證據

Definition of serene

adjective

• calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil:her eyes were closed and she looked very serene serene certainty

noun

(usually the serene) archaic

• an expanse of clear sky or calm sea:not a cloud obscured the deep serene

Derivatives

serenely

adverb

serene

• [səríːn]

[形]（-ren・er, -ren・est）

1 〈海・風景などが〉静かな, 穏やかな, 波立たぬ

a serene view ［lake］
穏やかな眺め［湖面］.

2 〈人・生活などが〉落ち着いた, 平穏な

a serene life
平和な生活.

3 〈空・天候が〉晴れた, うららかな, 澄み渡った

serene weather
よい天気.

4 ((通例his ［her, your, etc. ］ S-))いと高き, やんごとなき（▼ヨーロッパ大陸の王侯の敬称にそえる）

His Serene Majesty
陛下.

All serene！

((英俗))異常なし(all right).

━━[名]((the 〜))

1 ((古))穏やかな海, 晴れ渡った空.

2 静けさ, 平穏.

［ラテン語serēnus］

se・rene・ly

[副]

se・rene・ness

[名]

differently abled

adjective

NORTH AMERICAN

1. disabled.

   "we are not disabled, we are differently abled"

(as plural noun the differently abled) the oppression of the differently abled

Usage

Differently abled was first proposed (in the 1980s) as an alternative to disabled, handicapped, etc. on the grounds that it gave a more positive message and so avoided discrimination towards people with disabilities. The term has gained little currency, however, and has been criticized as both over-euphemistic and condescending. The accepted term in general use is still disabled.