Dissability condition has to somehow have an effect on people, either the disabled themselves or those related/close by to the disabled person, it can either have it's own effects be it emotionally and psychologically.
Men are generally known or presumed to be the toughest as compared to their female counterparts.
Now for a man to have to adapt to and live with a any form of a disability condition can be somehow a bit tough on him, emotionally, psychologically and even physically. Men like to see themselves as the fixers of their household appliances and labourers in general, which might prove to be a bit difficult when having a physical dissability.