crippled

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cripple/ˈkrɪpl/

▶noun archaic or offensive a person who is unable to walk or move properly through disability or injury. ▶verb make unable to move or walk properly.

■ cause severe and disabling damage to.

– derivatives
crippledom noun,
crippler noun.

– origin OE: from two words, crypel and crēopel, both of Gmc origin and rel. to creep.

usage: The word cripple in the sense ‘a person unable to walk through disability or injury’ has acquired offensive connotations and has now largely been replaced by broader terms such as disabled person.