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- Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities. Merriam-Webster
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- Last week a more graphic form of racism, and ableism, took place at the debating society. As has emerged from eyewitness reports and shaky camera footage, postgraduate student Ebenezer Azamati, a visually impaired black student, was dragged out of the chamber by his ankles. - HuffingtonPost by
- I’m using the language of ‘disabled people’ here in line with a social model of disability which recognises that people with impairments are disabled by society through the effects of ableist attitudes and systems rather than the functioning of people’s minds, bodies and senses. - Open Democracy by
- Ableist social habits can be as profound a barrier in the workplace as stairs and narrow doorways. Paying attention to these habits can be the difference between mere nondiscrimination and actually giving disabled people both the physical and emotional space to excel and bring maximum value to the organizations they work for. - Forbes by
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- L'abilismo è la discriminazione nei confronti di persone diversamente abili e, più in generale, il presupporre che tutte le persone abbiano un corpo abile. Wikipedia - by Federico Solchi
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- Come tutte le discriminazioni strutturali, l’abilismo si sviluppa su più livelli. Possiamo pensarlo come una piramide, alla cui base si collocano i fenomeni di entità minore, dettati da ignoranza, paternalismo e incapacità di andare oltre agli stereotipi di cui la nostra cultura è impregnata; e al cui vertice troviamo il genocidio. - thevision.com by Federico Solchi
- Il problema è che evitare l’abilismo ha un costo, che non è solo economico, ma si può tradurre nella rinuncia a un privilegio. - Abbatto i muri blog by Federico Solchi
- L’abilismo è presente anche in tutte quelle politiche che ignorano le necessità delle persone con un corpo o una mente atipici, l’abilismo è ciò che rende “normale” e accettata la loro segregazione e limitazione di movimento (come nelle strutture residenziali e nell’inaccessibilità del trasporto pubblico). - Pasionaria by Federico Solchi
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