Monday, February 1, 2010

Inaugural Online Glossary Post!

To break in this blog, I'm going to define and describe the first term in the online glossary of Social Justice at http://sj12.wikispaces.com/!

Ableism

A newly coined word, synonymous with 'disablism', it is effectively discrimination against people with disabilities, with non-disabled people as the standard for 'normal' living. This creates locations and services that inherently exclude individuals with disabilities. It is the opposite of inclusion.

Illustration: If an organization was vehemently ableist towards wheelchair users, then the the front door of their property would look like:

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