To the casual observer, I look pretty “normal.” If you catch me walking down the street, you probably can’t tell I’m in pain, ...

Understanding some key dimensions of disability helps us better appreciate how society impacts the experiences of disabled ...

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 ...

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 ...

Praslova, there is a section dedicated to benevolent ableism, a concept which applies in exactly the same way to benevolent sexism. This appears, on the initial face of it, to be kindness.

Jade Durán knows what it's like to feel like your body is broken. When she still hadn't crawled at 18 months, a doctor ...

This July, the world tuned in to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games, a tradition that seems to reach even the least ...

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 ...

The University of Virginia has combined efforts with Johns Hopkins University and others to understand how systems affect the ...

The judgment also brings to the forefront the role of terminologies in propagating discrimination against PwDs in the country and the consequent ableism in society. Ableism is the reaction to the ...

A grant from the National Science Foundation’s Racial Equity In STEM Education program will support a project led by ...

CSUN’s College of Humanities celebrated the launch of its new Disability Studies minor by hosting attorney, disability rights ...