disabled vs handicapped

disabled

adj
  • Having a disability. 

  • Made incapable of use or action. 

  • Legally disqualified. 

noun
  • One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular) 

handicapped

adj
  • Having a handicap. 

  • Limited by an impediment of some kind. 

noun
  • A disabled person. 

How often have the words disabled and handicapped occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )