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 ...

Ableist attitudes among healthcare providers can hinder quality care for disabled people. Learn how promoting a social model of disability can help.

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 ...

Disabled individuals should not have to justify their conditions or prove their limitations to those who refuse to understand ...

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 ...

Participants’ narratives revealed six overarching themes that demonstrate the various dimensions of ableism while seeking and receiving mental health care. Misplaced Assumptions This first theme ...

A recent Yale study uncovers how ableism shapes the mental health care experience for people with disabilities and what we ...

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 ...

Are things really a lot better now for disabled people than they were 50 years ago? Or, is ableism just as bad now, or even worse than in the old days? At times it can be a hotly debated question ...

This time, it took on internalised ableism by exploring the abandonment of children due to disability. For many disabled people watching, all too familiar with negative reactions to the burden of ...

If you have a disability, you likely have had a few bad experiences with the United States’ health care system and the medical professionals who populate it. A new paper in the Journal of ...