I was nine years old when my life changed forever. It was November 29, 1997 and we – my dad, brothers, sister and I – were ...

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 ...

But two of society's biggest "-isms" still go largely unnoticed and unaddressed: ableism and disablism. What do these terms mean? And how can we all do better to dismantle them? Ableism and ...

But his warning, meant to highlight the hurdles of inaccessible technology, inadvertently highlighted an even larger and more ...

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 ...

The problem that should be addressed is not the perceived deficiencies of people with disabilities; it’s ableism. Raffety believes that churches are steeped in societal prejudices against people with ...

Over the past three decades, we have researched, taught classes and given talks on disability and ableism. Throughout the ...

One of these is ableism – discrimination and prejudice against people with disabilities. In Hong Kong, ableism is a particularly concerning issue. I have had the privilege of working at the ...