What association is it you object to?
gimp
/gĭmp/
noun
- A narrow flat braid or rounded cord of fabric used for trimming.
- Spirit; pep.
- A limp or a limping gait.
- A person who limps.
- A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
intransitive verb
- To walk with a limp.
transitive verb
1.To notch; to indent; to jag.
adjective
- Smart; spruce; trim; nice.
- Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
Granted, the fourth definition, as a limping person, could be mildly disabilist but I think it's just a case of an old English word becoming two words in different regions (Limp / Gimp).