Handicap

Handicapped or handicap may refer to:

In sports and games

 * Handicapping, various methods of levelling the outcome in a competitive sport or game:
 * Handicap race (disambiguation)
 * Handicap (chess)
 * Handicap (golf)
 * Handicap (go)
 * Handicap (sailing)
 * Handicap (shogi)
 * Handicapping, various methods of outcome prediction or levelling outcome predictions:
 * Asian handicap, bookmakers' technique to level odds
 * Political handicapping, the news process of trying to predict election outcomes, especially rather than focusing on the political issues
 * "The Handicapped", short story by Larry Niven originally published in 1967 as "Handicap"

Human condition

 * Disability, an impairment that substantially affects a person's life activities, and may be present at birth or arise later in life
 * Self-handicapping, a psychological method for preserving self-esteem

Biology

 * Handicap principle, an evolutionary theory (also known as handicap theory)