Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
ableism - noun One who exhibits
ableism , or prejudice against the disabled.
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Examples
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Does that make me an "ableist" or just a sane human being?
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Does that make me an "ableist" or just a sane human being?
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The Hand Mirror, and very, very frequently elsewhere in the NZ blogosphere, 'ableist' language.
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Now, I had never even heard the term "ableist" until I got to the blogosphere.
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The system needs women to claim that sexist, racist, ableist, or classist jokes do not offend them.
Women: the patriarchy needs YOUR support! « Digital immigrant
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So many of us wordophiles — my word — obsess over whether to use may or might; few of us obsess over non-ableist language.
Your sexist writing style isn’t professional, dude « Digital immigrant
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Using mental health terms and diagnoses as metaphors for illogical or sloppy thinking is ableist in general, but using those diagnoses incorrectly is even worse.
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The ableist language in the comments is quite disturbing.
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Our whole society is ableist, so it should be no surprise when feminists are too; when your status and rights are threatened, it is also unfortunately common to look for status by differentiating yourself from other disadvantaged groups.
What does a (disabled) feminist [poet] look like? « Gender Across Borders
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And strangely, the anti-trans radical feminists tend to be racist, ableist, and misogynist in equal parts. daisydeadhead Says:
Will the last trans person to leave feminist Blogdonia please turn off the lights?
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