ablism
Definition
Noun: - Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities: Ablism (also spelled ableism) refers to practices, beliefs, or social structures that discriminate against people with physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities. It assumes that people with disabilities are inferior to or less capable than able-bodied people.
Usage
- Ablism can be intentional or unintentional and is often embedded in societal attitudes, language, and physical environments.
- It is used in sociological, political, and advocacy contexts to critique systemic inequality.
Examples
- The company's policy of not providing screen reader software was criticized as clear ablism.
- She gave a lecture on how everyday language can perpetuate ablism.
- Fighting ablism requires making both physical spaces and social attitudes more inclusive.
Advanced Usage
- Institutional Ablism: Refers to discrimination that is built into the policies, practices, and norms of organizations and society.
- The lack of ramps in the city's public buildings is a form of institutional ablism.
- Internalized Ablism: When people with disabilities unconsciously accept negative societal beliefs about their own capabilities.
- Therapy helped her overcome feelings of internalized ablism.
Variants and Related Words
- Ableism: The more common modern spelling of the same concept.
- Ableist (adjective): Describing actions, policies, or attitudes that constitute ablism.
- That ableist comment was both hurtful and ignorant.
- Disablism: A term used primarily in British English with a very similar meaning to ablism.
Synonyms
- Disability discrimination
- Handicapism (an older, less common term)
Related Phrases and Concepts
- Microaggression: Brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to individuals with disabilities, often rooted in ablism.
- Asking "What's wrong with you?" can be a microaggression stemming from ablism.
Noun
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discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
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