independent living

noun

1. a living arrangement for disabled people and others with special needs, usually in their own home, affording them as much independence and autonomy as possible.

Example Sentences

At the early age of seventeen I left the parental roof to earn for myself an independent living.

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A peasant possessed of a bowie-knife, a buffalo, and good health, need not seek far to make an independent living.

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"If it is pride to want to earn an independent living, and not live on charity, then I am proud," continued Philip.

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Explain to your husband that you are still an independent living human being.

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I must go and seek out an independent living for myself, even yet, though I am fifty-two.

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