ableism

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Definition

Noun: * Discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities: Ableism is the belief system or set of practices that assumes people with typical abilities are superior, leading to the exclusion, marginalization, or devaluation of people with physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities.

Usage

Ableism describes a form of systemic discrimination. It can be overt, such as denying someone a job because they use a wheelchair, or subtle, embedded in language and societal structures, like designing buildings without ramps or using phrases that equate disability with inferiority.

Examples
  • Noun:
    • The company's policy of not providing screen reader software was criticized as clear ableism.
    • She writes about her experiences facing ableism in the education system.
    • Challenging ableism requires making both physical spaces and attitudes more inclusive.
Advanced Usage
  • Internalized ableism: Refers to when people with disabilities unconsciously accept and apply negative societal beliefs about disability to themselves.
    • Therapy helped her address feelings of internalized ableism.
  • Systemic/Institutional ableism: Refers to policies, practices, and cultures in institutions that create or perpetuate disadvantage for people with disabilities.
    • The lawsuit exposed the systemic ableism within the healthcare provider's network.
Variants and Related Words
  • Ableist (adjective): Characterized by or showing discrimination against people with disabilities.
    • That ableist remark was both hurtful and ignorant.
  • Ableist (noun): A person who discriminates against people with disabilities.
    • He was called out for being an ableist.
Synonyms
  • Disability discrimination: The unfair or prejudicial treatment of people based on their disability.
  • Handicapism: An older, less common term with a similar meaning to ableism.
Related Phrases and Concepts
  • Inspiration porn: A term coined by the late activist Stella Young describing the objectification of people with disabilities to inspire or motivate non-disabled people, which is considered a form of ableism.
    • The viral video was criticized as inspiration porn, reducing her achievements to a feel-good story for others.
  • Accessibility: The practice of making environments, communications, and products usable by people with disabilities, which is the antithesis of ableist design.
    • Improving accessibility is a key step in fighting ableism.
Noun
  1. discrimination in favor of the able-bodied

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