Members of the organisation "Zero Tolerance," a movement for the emancipation of disabled people, protested today, 13 March, ...

According to a post in the social-justice blog Everyday Feminism, the word “stupid” is not just a kind of mean thing to say, but actually an all-out “ableist slur,” regardless of whether ...

In our recently published study, we sought to understand factors that contribute to ableist attitudes among mental and physical healthcare providers. Ableism refers to stereotypes, prejudice ...

Actor Adam Pearson has been smacking down ableist commenters on X after one user called him “scary” due to his genetic condition. The star of the 2024 dark comedy A Different Man trashed the ...

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) has introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) for her “racist” and “ableist” ...

Discrimination occurs when these ableist attitudes translate into actions. Examples include denying reasonable accommodations, questioning the legitimacy of someone’s disability, or assuming ...

As a disabled and queer Asian American woman, I felt such shock partly because our ableist society has conditioned me and millions of disabled people to wait and be told what would be best for our ...

Underage sexual harassment. Fred Armisen as a mentally disabled foil to Ben Affleck? Ableist. The memoriam also included several cast members donning, shall we say, questionable skin tones.

Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability, a 3x TEDx speaker, and the author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing ...