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 ...

Funders must elevate and expand their practice so that they’re not only combating ableism but also being actively anti-ableist in their efforts to achieve a just society. Solutions to inequality ...

Tiffany Panko, M.D., executive director of NTID’s Deaf Hub, and a multidisciplinary working group is developing an initiative for the American Association for the Advancement of Science focusing on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Article explores the opportunities created by and limitations inherent to disability rights laws as a means of bridging the increasing digital divide in education and offers starting points for ...

According to interviews with disabled individuals, ableism causes and exacerbates the disparities in mental health care. Mental health care is a sector that Wang believes especially typifies ...

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 ...