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Ableism

Ableism (/ˈeɪbəlɪzəm/; also known as ablism, disablism [in British English], anapirophobia, anapirism, and disability discrimination) is discrimination and social prejudice against disabled people. Ableism characterizes people as they are defined by their disabilities and also classifies disabled people as being inferior to non-disabled people.

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related to Further reading · 145
Ableism → Abledness, Ableism Curriculum Design, Ableist Body, Adams, American Educational Research Journal, Amundson, Archived, Bell, Benjamin, Campbell, Challenges Ableist Geographies, Chouinard, Claire, Clear, Congress Card Catalog Number, Contours, Cripples, Dandeneau, David, Deutschland
related to Types of ableism · 15
Ableism → Ambivalent, Benevolent, Cultural, Eco-ableism, Examples, Hostile, Internalised, Medical, Physical, RNIB's, Sanism, See, Structural, The, Which
related to Clinical settings · 13
Ableism → Austin, Civil Rights, COVID-19, Each, Hickson's, His, In June, Michael Hickson, Several, Texas, Texas Office, The, These
related to United States · 11
Ableism → America, American, Americans, For, In, Much, Public, The, United States, Until, World War II
related to Workplace · 11
Ableism → Americans, Disabilities Act, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Equality Act, Failure, In, Similarly, The, UK, Under
related to Healthcare policy · 7
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related to Education · 6
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related to Healthcare research · 6
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Ableism → cultural or social kind of ableism where people are hostile towards symptoms of a disability or phenotypes of the disabled person.Benevolent ableism is when people treat the dis…, disabled person discriminating against themself and other disabled people by holding the view that disability is something to be ashamed of or something to hide or by refusing a…
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Ableism → Darwinism, It

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Ableismis adisabled person discriminating against themself and other disabled people by holding the view that disability is something to be ashamed of or something to hide or by refusing a…0.90text
Ableismis acultural or social kind of ableism where people are hostile towards symptoms of a disability or phenotypes of the disabled person.Benevolent ableism is when people treat the dis…0.90text
infrastructure within the transport networkinstance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
restrictive immigration policiesinstance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
involuntary sterilization to stop people with disabilities from having offspringinstance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
barriers to employment opportunitiesinstance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
wages that are insufficient to maintain a minimal standard of livinginstance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
and institutionalization of people with disabilities in substandard conditions.Austerity measures implemented by the government of Canada have also at times been referred to as ableistinstance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
such as funding cuts that put people with disabilities at risk of living in abusive arrangements.United KingdomIn the UKinstance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
disability discrimination became unlawful as a result of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995instance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
and the Disability Discrimination Act 2005instance ofIn nationsCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text
infrastructure within the transport networkinstance ofCanadaThe specific types of discrimination that have occurred or are still occurring in Canada include the inability to access important facilities0.80text

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