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{{stub}} {{NeedsImage}} '''Ableism''' is discrimination or prejudice against people with a disability.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ableism | title = Definition of ABLEISM | website = Merrian-Webster Dictionary|language=en | access-date = 2019-10-22}}</ref> {{Quote box|source=Pippa Stacey, Huffington Post|We unfortunately live in a society that continually splits the disabled community into two camps: the inspirational superheroes, 'overcoming' their 'limitations' to climb mountains and win Paralympic medals, and The Rest: the ones seen as benefits scroungers, as the ones 'who donβt help themselves,' the ones who are a drain on society.<ref name="Undefeatable">{{citation | last = Stacey | first = Pippa | author-link = Pippa Stacey | date = Oct 1, 2018 | title = I Sometimes Feel Defeated by My Chronic Illness |url = https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/disability-undefeatable_uk_5d921745e4b0019647ac4b29|newspaper=Huffington Post|location= |access-date=}}</ref>}} ==Interviews and blogs== * [https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/disability-undefeatable_uk_5d921745e4b0019647ac4b29 I Sometimes Feel Defeated by My Chronic Illness] - Pippa Stacey, Huffington Post * [https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahkim/2019/02/27/disability-microaggressions/ How People's Perceptions of Disability Lead To Toxic Microagressions] - Sarah Kim, Forbes ==See also == *[[Stigma and discrimination]] *[[Ethical issues]] ==Learn more == ==References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Social issues]] [[Category:Disability]] [[Category:Ethics]]
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