ableism
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈeɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˈeɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/policies, behaviours,rules, etc. thatresultinunfairorharmfultreatmentofdisabledpeople(=peoplewho have anillness,injury, orconditionthat makes itdifficultfor them to do things that most otherpeoplecan do)and in acontinuedunfairadvantagetopeoplewho are notdisabled:
Theorganizationwasfraughtwithinstitutionalizedableism.
We aregrapplingwith thechallenginglegacyof ableism.
harmfulorunfairthings thatpeoplesay, do, orthinkbasedon thebeliefthatdisabledpeople(=peoplewho have anillness,injury, orconditionthat makes itdifficultfor them to do things that most otherpeoplecan do)are not as good aspeoplewho are notdisabled, or that they do notdeservespecialarrangementsthathelpthem tolivetheirlivesand beincludedinsociety:
Saying thatwheelchairusersall havemiserablelivesis anexampleof ableism.
We will nottolerateableism in thiscommunity.
- Severaldisabledpeoplehavesharedtheirthoughtsabout the ableism in thisbook.
- Weacknowledgethat women areoppressednot just bysexism, but by classism,homophobia,racism,ageism, ableism, etc.
- Hearguesthat ableismleadsus toreadtheworksofwriterswithmentalillnessesexclusivelyandentirelyin thecontextoftheirillnesses.
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableist
- agism
- agist
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- discrimination
- discriminatory
- elitism
- elitist
- ethnocentric
- one-sided
- one-sidedness
- one-way
- othering
- partial
- unbalance
- unequal
- unequally
- uneven
- unevenly