handicapped vs impaired

handicapped

adj
  • Limited by an impediment of some kind. 

  • Having a handicap. 

noun
  • A disabled person. 

impaired

adj
  • Rendered less effective. 

  • inebriated, drunk. 

noun
  • A criminal charge for driving a vehicle while impaired. 

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