Meaning of Ableism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual, psychiatric, or other disabilities.
   uncountable
2. An instance of ableism.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“[from late 20th c.]”

“Ableism is your ability to find⟳ reasons to push⟳ us aside to keeps us in cages, leave⟳ our struggles out of the history pages … pretend⟳ we never existed. Ableism is when you say⟳ I'm the only disabled friend you've ever had. Ableism is when you say⟳ that and still don't understand⟳ why we feel⟳ invisible. Ableism is when you think⟳ I don't have⟳ a disability because you can't see⟳ it.”

“Developing guidelines around which ableisms and favoritisms of abilities are ethical , e.g. which form⟳ and shape⟳ of competitiveness might be ethical and which might not, can be a useful tool for the governance of S&T.”

“And, as a media and communication PhD, I know⟳ this is because the English language itself is a media so biased, with ableisms so deeply built in, that roads (which seem to lead⟳ away from ableisms) in fact, lead⟳ directly back into them.”

“Ultimately, NTWH mobilieze Stanislavsky not despite the ableisms that Sandahl identifies but on the basis that a critical rehabilitation of those ableisms might create⟳ the very conditions of authenticity in which people with disabilities could enter⟳ both the theatrical workforce and the braoader affective labor market.”

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