ableism
Anti-disability bias
Ableism is discrimination or prejudice against people with disabilities.
It encompasses both overt bias and subtler assumptions—that disability is inherently negative, that disabled people need fixing, or that able-bodied experience is the default.
The term parallels racism and sexism: The building's lack of ramps is architectural ableism.
Ableist is the adjective: ableist attitudes, ableist language.
Prejudice against deaf individuals
- mentalismDoctrine of primacy of thought
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
stereotyping · othering · dehumanization · marginalization · exclusion · infantilization · patronizing · pity
Of formal establishments
- eugenicsControlled human reproduction theory
- segregationForced separation by group
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
- gatekeepingControlling access to something
medicalization · normalization · institutionalization · sterilization · quota · bureaucracy · policy · compliance
Slow or hinder
- crippleSeverely impair function
- idiotFoolish, senseless person
- dullardSlow-witted person
- madmanDangerously unstable person
lame · spaz · invalid · handicapped · moron · imbecile · feeble-minded · vegetable
Painful awareness of failure
- passingMoving by or temporary
- maskingConcealing by covering
- overcompensationExcessive counterbalancing reaction
- denialRefusal to accept reality
self-hatred · perfectionism · hiding · minimizing · apologizing · overcomer · burden
Promoting one's own interests
- activismDirect effort for reform
- allySupportive partner
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- neurodiversityInnate cognitive differences concept
ADAPT · accessible · accommodation · inclusion · empowerment
State of being unreachable
- stairsSet of steps
- curbsLimits or restrains
- uncaptionedLacking descriptive text
- attitudinalRegarding mental stance
environmental · communication · transportation · employment · housing · education · healthcare · digital
audism
Prejudice against deaf individuals
bigotry · stereotyping · othering · dehumanization · marginalization · exclusion · infantilization · patronizing · pity · tokenism
institutional
Of formal establishments
- eugenicsControlled human reproduction theory
- segregationForced separation by group
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
gatekeeping · medicalization · normalization · institutionalization · sterilization · quota · bureaucracy · policy · compliance · ADA
retard
Slow or hinder
madman · lame · spaz · invalid · handicapped · moron · imbecile · feeble-minded · vegetable · slow
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- passingMoving by or temporary
- maskingConcealing by covering
- overcompensationExcessive counterbalancing reaction
denial · self-hatred · perfectionism · hiding · minimizing · apologizing · overcomer · burden
self-advocacy
Promoting one's own interests
- activismDirect effort for reform
- allySupportive partner
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
neurodiversity · ADAPT · accessible · accommodation · inclusion · empowerment
inaccessibility
State of being unreachable
- stairsSet of steps
- curbsLimits or restrains
- uncaptionedLacking descriptive text
attitudinal · environmental · communication · transportation · employment · housing · education · healthcare · digital
- social issuesinequality, racism, poverty, illiteracy, homelessness
- disabilityADA, amputee, wheelchair, wheelchairs, wheelchair user
- discriminationracism, systemic discrimination, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
- narrow-mindednessnarrow-mindedness, narrowness, close-mindedness, closed-mindedness, close-minded
- Neurodiversityautism spectrum, ASD, neurodivergence, neurotypical, spectrum
ableisminclusion
Being made part
disability rights · accessibility · accommodation · disability pride · universal design
ableismdisability justice
Rights framework centering disabled people
disability activism · disability rights movement · inclusive design
ableismbody positivity
Acceptance of all figures
neurodiversity · disability activism · equity · anti-discrimination · civil rights