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disablism
noun
- discrimination against disabled people
Derived Forms
- 诲颈蝉藞补产濒颈蝉迟, nounadjective
Example Sentences
It also assessed prejudice-based views including racism, sexism, homophobia, disablism and transphobia in an effort to better understand bullying behaviour.
Related: Obama sets tone at United State of Women and renews call for equality Many attendees spoke with grief about the recent shooting in Orlando, and the importance of an intersectional approach to gender inequality; tackling it alongside issues such as racism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, ageism and disablism.
Related: Donald Trump鈥檚 everyday disablism didn鈥檛 surprise me | Frances Ryan 鈥淚 have no idea who this reporter, Serge Kovalski is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence,鈥 Trump said in a statement issued by his campaign on Thursday afternoon.
It says something that even the word to describe prejudice against disabled people 鈥 disablism 鈥 isn鈥檛 familiar in the way that homophobia, racism or sexism are.
Whatever we want to call it 鈥 disablism, bigotry or ignorance 鈥 it neither started nor ended with Trump.
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