Meaning of ablenormativity | Babel Free

Definitions

The assumption that all human beings are nondisabled, or the marginalization, stigmatization, or pathologization of disability and/or disabled people.

uncountable

Examples

“To illustrate: one example of the way in which ablenormativity exerts a withering pressure on the 'imagined possible futures' of disabled children lies in what Hans Reinders calls 'the presumption of suffering' of the disabled and those who care for them (Reinders, 2000, ch. 10).”

“Ablenormativity requires performing abledness and neurotypicality—apparent disability cannot be tolerated.”

“Ablenormativity, and ableism more broadly, are racialized in multiple ways.”

CEFR level