Ableism is discrimination and bias against the disabled ... not having seating for those in wheelchairs and scooters in locations where they can equally experience the event, and not considering the ...

Raffety gleans examples from her fieldwork to demonstrate how ableism operates in churches today ... pastoral leadership—like the “elbows out” approach of a person in a wheelchair traveling through a ...

I would argue that unlike the concept of ‘wheelchair acceptance’ (Barker et.al., 2004) pushed by Rehabilitation Sciences, there are additional societal elements of ableism and stigmatisation that ...

But his warning, meant to highlight the hurdles of inaccessible technology, inadvertently highlighted an even larger and more pervasive barrier: ableism. Ableism is the societal package of ...

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

Now I use a wheelchair to get out and about ... “I am frustrated that casual everyday ableism affects me when I’m just minding my own business,” she said. Luckily, Lucy has great friends ...

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 ...