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Ableism is prejudice against people with a disability.{{ | '''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=www.merriam-webster.com|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 don’t 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>}} | {{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 don’t 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>}} | ||
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Ableism is discrimination or prejudice against people with a disability.[1]
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 don’t help themselves,' the ones who are a drain on society.[2]
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Pippa Stacey, Huffington Post
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- I Sometimes Feel Defeated by My Chronic Illness - Pippa Stacey
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References
- ↑ "Definition of ABLEISM". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ↑ Stacey, Pippa (October 1, 2018), "I Sometimes Feel Defeated by My Chronic Illness", Huffington Post Cite has empty unknown parameter:
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