Ableism is a term that refers to the practices or ideas that discriminate against those who have disabilities. It suggests that society puts higher value on people with typical abilities. Ableism ...

Even after decades of progress against ableism, people with disabilities still face significant barriers to social inclusion, equal opportunity, health and safety, and financial security. And while ...

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In popular imagination, racism and ableism are often problems of isolated individuals, people here and there who do or say bigoted things. Conversations about intersectionality—the ways different ...

Ableism often arises from assumptions about what disability “looks like.” Seeing someone pushing a wheelchair instead of sitting in it might lead others to assume there is nothing wrong with the ...

In early 1990, the proposed Americans with Disabilities Act was stalling in Congress. After years and years of grassroots lobbying to pass legislation that would ensure civil rights protections for ...