Raffety, who has a daughter with multiple disabilities, confesses her own ableism in wishing for her daughter to be like herself—to live and love like her. Parenting a child with disabilities ...

Ableism is a system of oppression that devalues and discriminates against people with disabilities. Individuals as well as institutions, policies, and communications can be sources of ableism. For ...

Disabled individuals should not have to justify their conditions or prove their limitations to those who refuse to understand. The assumption that disability can be ‘cured’ through sheer effort is not ...

Ableism is discrimination and bias against the disabled. After fighting for and winning the battle to have Section 504 regulated in 1977 and the 1990 ADA signed into law, we still experience ableism ...

Participants’ narratives revealed six overarching themes that demonstrate the various dimensions of ableism while seeking and receiving mental health care. Misplaced Assumptions This first theme ...

Ableism, a form of discrimination that favours ... To combat this ignorance, it’s important to spread awareness about invisible disabilities and the challenges faced by those living with them.

The Intersection of Ageism and Ableism in Development and Humanitarian Policy and Practice policy report by the Fred Hollows ...

The court went on to add, "It also indicates a classification which is overbroad and glorifies 'ableism'. It propagates that persons with typical abilities and with faculties similar to what the ...